Appropriateness of commercially available and partially customized medication dosing alerts among pediatric patients.
Stultz JS, Nahata MC. Appropriateness of commercially available and partially customized medication dosing alerts among pediatric patients. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2014;21(e1):e35-42. doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001725.
In this retrospective review of pediatric medication alerts, more than 85% of dosing alerts presented to clinicians were inappropriate. Frequent incorrect alerts contribute to alert fatigue and make clinicians more likely to override appropriate warnings.