A recent study
by Boston-based Partners HealthCare shows that the problem of
alarm-fatigued clinicians overriding clinical decision support system
alarms that may be legitimate persists, iHealthBeat reports.
The web site reports researchers analyzed more than 157,000 CDS alerts involving more than two million medication orders and 1,718 outpatient providers and found that 52.6 percent of the alerts were overridden. Further, they found that 53 percent of those overridden alerts were clinically appropriate — meaning that the particular drug combinations or patient factors, if overlooked, had the potential to cause patient harm.
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The web site reports researchers analyzed more than 157,000 CDS alerts involving more than two million medication orders and 1,718 outpatient providers and found that 52.6 percent of the alerts were overridden. Further, they found that 53 percent of those overridden alerts were clinically appropriate — meaning that the particular drug combinations or patient factors, if overlooked, had the potential to cause patient harm.
For the full story, click here.
