Electronic patient records, which are designed to coordinate health care and reduce mistakes, may be doing the opposite in some cases due to alert fatigue. Electronic records increasingly include alerts tied to patients’ health information, and the number of pop-messages has become unmanageable and overwhelming for practitioners. In an effort to decrease distractions and the temptation to ignore alerts altogether, some health systems are working with software vendors to make the software smarter and more functional. Click here to learn more about the issue of excessive alerting versus the benefits the alerts produce.
Last Updated on May 12, 2020 by Aimed Alliance
