Search results for "alert fatigue"
User-friendly EHRs also more safety-friendly
Why might easy-to-use electronic health records (EHRs) provide better medication safety? The coauthor of a recent study explains.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/free/user-friendly-ehrs-also-more-safety-friendly.htm
18 Oct 2023
NEWS works better when site-specific or combined with biomarker, studies find
The National Early Warning Score (NEWS) caused alert fatigue and failed to reduce mortality or ICU transfers in one study, but another found it to accurately predict mortality when used with soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor testing.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2018/10/03/3.htm
3 Oct 2018
Fixing, not fighting, electronic systems
Even health IT experts get angry at their electronic medical records, but the solution is to work with your computers rather than toss them.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/05/fixing-EHRs.htm
15 May 2016
Proprietary sepsis prediction model not accurate in external validation study
The Epic Sepsis Model had low sensitivity and did a poor job identifying sepsis in hospitalized patients, researchers found. It also potentially increased alert fatigue, by generating alerts in 18% of hospitalized patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/06/30/3.htm
30 Jun 2021
Fixing EHRs
Clinicians and tech experts offer solutions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/05/fixing-ehrs.htm
15 May 2017
“Hard stop” CPOE alert reduces undesired prescribing—at a cost
Dexamethasone as adjunct treatment helps pneumococcal meningitis patients
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/10/06/3.htm
6 Oct 2010
Computer points out patients who need a visit
Nurses check with a machine learning program every six hours to identify ward patients at risk of death or ICU admission.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/04/05/computer-points-out-patients-who-need-a-visit.htm
5 Apr 2023
Set of checklists helped reduce surgical complications, mortality, study finds
Set of checklists helped reduce surgical complications, mortality, study findsQuality of bloodstream infection surveillance varies widely across hospitals
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/17/1.htm
17 Nov 2010
Patient safety vs. physician frustration: Finding a balance for medication alerts
Warnings in a computerized provider order entry system help alert prescribers to risky drugs for the elderly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/11/qa.htm
15 Nov 2010
10th Annual Top Hospitalists issue
Meet our 2017 Top Docs.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/11/10th-annual-top-hospitalists.htm
15 Nov 2017