On the alert: future priorities for alerts in clinical decision support for computerized physician order entry identified from a European workshop
Open Access
- 1 October 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
- Vol. 13 (1), 111
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-13-111
Abstract
Clinical decision support (CDS) for electronic prescribing systems (computerized physician order entry) should help prescribers in the safe and rational use of medicines. However, the best ways to alert users to unsafe or irrational prescribing are uncertain. Specifically, CDS systems may generate too many alerts, producing unwelcome distractions for prescribers, or too few alerts running the risk of overlooking possible harms. Obtaining the right balance of alerting to adequately improve patient safety should be a priority.This publication has 58 references indexed in Scilit:
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