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A Point-of-Prescription Safety-Check System for Adverse Drug Reactions in Rural Bangladeshi Hospitals: A Feasibility Study

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Aug 27, 2026 · UTC

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a major, largely preventable source of patient harm. In high-income settings, electronic health records store a patient's allergy history and warn prescribers when a contraindicated drug is ordered; in rural Bangladeshi public hospitals no such record exists for outgoing patients, a single physician may see on the order of one patient per minute, and a patient's history of severe reactions does not survive between visits. This paper proposes and outlines the evaluation of a lightweight, smartphone-based safety-check system for this setting. At registration a s

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