AT-HARM10: Was This Admission Medication-Related? (Kempen 2019)
AT-HARM10: was this hospital admission possibly medication-related?
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- U1 infection or new disease, not medication-related
- No
- U2 progression of known disease, not medication-related
- No
- U3 trauma, intoxication, social or allergy, not medication-related
- No
- P4 record hints at a medication cause
- No
- P5 side effects may have caused it
- Yes
Result: Possibly medication-related: decided by a yes at P5.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- U1 infection or new disease, not medication-related
- U2 progression of known disease, not medication-related
- U3 trauma, intoxication, social or allergy, not medication-related
- P4 record hints at a medication cause
- P5 side effects may have caused it
- P6 abnormal laboratory values or vital signs
- P7 interaction or contraindication
- P8 untreated or under-treated indication
The other 2 fields
- P9 dosage form problem
- P10 cessation or withdrawal
How this is calculated
Citation
Kempen TGH, Hedstrom M, Olsson H, et al. Assessment tool for hospital admissions related to medications: development and validation in older patients. Int J Clin Pharm 2019;41(1):198-206, Table 1 and supplementary instructions (CC BY 4.0). Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.