Physicians' Perceptions on the usefulness of contextual information for prioritizing and presenting alerts in computerized physician order entry systems

Physicians' Perceptions on the usefulness of contextual information for prioritizing and presenting alerts in computerized physician order entry systems

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>One possible approach towards avoiding alert overload and alert fatigue in Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) systems is to tailor their drug safety alerts to the context of the clinical situation. Our objective was to identif...

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Main Authors: Jung Martin, Riedmann Daniel, Hackl Werner O, Hoerbst Alexander, Jaspers Monique W, Ferret Laurie, Lawton Kitta, Ammenwerth Elske
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Subjects:
CPOE
Computerized physician order entry
CDS
Computerized decision support
Contextualization
Clinical context
Alert fatigue
Alert overload
Physician survey
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/12/111

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