Decision support alerts for medication ordering in a computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system: A systematic approach to decrease alerts

Applied Clinical Informatics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-362

  Del Beccaro, Mark A ^a,b   Villanueva, R ^a   Knudson, K M ^a   Harvey, E M ^a   Langle, J M ^a   Paul, W ^a  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert fatigue; Clinical decision support; Computerized provider order entry; CPOE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862595406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18690327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2009-11-RA-0014     Document Type: Article

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