Email reminders boost use of database for safe prescribing (MedicalXpress)

MedicalXpress reported on a randomized clinical trial co-led by USC researchers showing that reminder emails significantly increased clinicians’ use of prescription drug monitoring databases designed to support safer prescribing. USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology faculty member Mireille Jacobson noted that while prescribing patterns did not change, increased database use could still lead to better-informed care.