The implications of probability matching for clinician response to vital sign alarms: a theoretical study of alarm fatigue

Ergonomics

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1487-1495

  Bailey, James M ^a  

^a Northeast Georgia Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

alarm fatigue; Bayesian model; clinical alarms; probability matching; systolic blood pressure

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH RISKS;

BAYESIAN MODEL; CLINICAL ALARMS; HEALTH TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PROBABILITY MATCHING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODELING;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ALARM MONITOR; ALERT FATIGUE (HEALTH CARE); BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; PROBABILITY THEORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALERT FATIGUE, HEALTH PERSONNEL; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ALARMS; HUMANS; PROBABILITY THEORY;

EID: 84940438533     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2015.1021861     Document Type: Article

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