Search Tag: alert fatigue

2025 10 Nov

  Hospitals depend on a constant stream of notifications to keep patients safe and systems secure. Electronic health record (EHR) prompts, clinical device alarms and security warnings all aim to surface information that requires attention. Yet volume, timing and relevance often collide, creating an environment where critical signals are lost in...Read more

2025 01 Jul

  Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are increasingly relied upon in modern outpatient care to assist physicians in avoiding clinical errors and enhancing patient safety. However, the usefulness of these systems is frequently compromised by alert fatigue—a phenomenon caused by the excessive frequency and low relevance of alerts. Physicians,...Read more

2025 01 Jul

  Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are increasingly relied upon in modern outpatient care to assist physicians in avoiding clinical errors and enhancing patient safety. However, the usefulness of these systems is frequently compromised by alert fatigue—a phenomenon caused by the excessive frequency and low relevance of alerts. Physicians,...Read more

2025 01 Jul

  Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are increasingly relied upon in modern outpatient care to assist physicians in avoiding clinical errors and enhancing patient safety. However, the usefulness of these systems is frequently compromised by alert fatigue—a phenomenon caused by the excessive frequency and low relevance of alerts. Physicians,...Read more

2015 17 Oct

Although computerised drug interaction alert systems (DIAS) appear useful for promoting medication safety, having to enter passwords to override alerts may represent an excessive burden for physicians and thereby increase "alert fatigue", according to a study published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making . The results suggest that physicians’...Read more