[Gnumed-devel] Drug interactions software -- significance and design considerations

[Jim Busser]

Checkmate on Drug Interaction Checkers
A molecular model-based system may be a more accurate solution
        
http://www.scientificcomputing.com/article-in-checkmate-on-drug-interaction-checkers-072809.aspx

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF MEDICATION SAFETY OUTCOMES RELATED TO DRUG INTERACTION 
SOFTWARE
No good quality studies address the specific benefits and harms or 
cost-effectiveness of drug interactionsoftware on medication safety or clinical 
outcomes. The evidence at present does not support a benefit forthese systems 
or support any policy to widely disseminate their use.
         Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol Vol 17 (2) Summer 2010:e243-e255;June 30, 
2010
        
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:y4nsP-0zk6cJ:www.cjcp.ca/jptcp09016_holbrook_e243-e255-r157542+drug+interactions+software+costs&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=safari

Economic Grand Rounds: Drug-Drug Interactions: The Silent Epidemic
        http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/56/1/22

Figure 1. List of ideal features in a drug interaction software program.
        Annals of Emergency Medicine
        Volume 24, Issue 4, October 1994, Pages 619-625