Medication safety and knowledge-based functions: a stepwise approach against information overload.

Andrius Patapovas; Harald Dormann; Brita Sedlmayr; Melanie Kirchner; Anja Sonst; Fabian Müller; Barbara Pfistermeister; Bettina Plank-Kiegele; Renate Vogler; Renke Maas; Manfred Criegee-Rieck; Hans-Ulrich Prokosch; Thomas Bürkle

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Medication safety and knowledge-based functions: a stepwise approach against information overload.

October 16, 2013

Patapovas A, Dormann H, Sedlmayr B, et al. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2013;76 Suppl 1:14-24.

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An electronic clinical decision support system for prescribing in the emergency department used tiered alerts with higher and lower urgency information in order to avoid alert fatigue.

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