Safe Practices to Reduce CPOE Alert Fatigue through Monitoring, Analysis, and Optimization.

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Safe Practices to Reduce CPOE Alert Fatigue through Monitoring, Analysis, and Optimization.

March 10, 2021

Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety. Plymouth Meeting, PA: ECRI Institute; 2021.

Alert fatigue is a recognized contributor to task burden and medical error. This report distilled monitoring, analysis, and optimization experiences to recommend strategies for improving the effectiveness of clinical audible alerts which includes the development of an overarching clinical decision support governance plan.

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