Notify Prescribers When QT-Prolonging Meds Are Ordered in High-Risk Patients

March 2017

How should you handle QT prolongation alerts in the EHR?

More than 100 commonly used meds are known to prolong the QT.

But it's rare for QT prolongation to progress to torsades or sudden death in low-risk patients on one QT drug.

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