A clinical case of electronic health record drug alert fatigue: consequences for patient outcome.

William Carspecken; Paul J. Sharek; Christopher A. Longhurst; Natalie M. Pageler

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A clinical case of electronic health record drug alert fatigue: consequences for patient outcome.

June 12, 2013

Carspecken W, Sharek PJ, Longhurst CA, et al. Pediatrics. 2013;131(6):e1970-e1973.

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This commentary describes an incident involving an inappropriate override of a drug allergy alert and details changes the hospital made in its medication allergy alert system in response to the event.

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