EHR Intelligence July 8, 2020
EHR flags from CPOE systems and CDS tools are “over-alerting” clinicians, resulting in clinician burden and alert fatigue.
Hospitals are increasing clinician burnout due to a high number of EHR alerts from computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems and clinical decision support (CDS) tools, according to a study published in The Journal of Informatics in Health and Biomedicine (JAMIA).
Researchers found providers can improve clinician safety and care quality by reducing the number of EHR alerts for nuisance orders and fatal orders.
CPOE adoption has become more common since the HITECH Act in 2009.
Ninety-six percent of hospitals that use CPOE systems also have clinical decision support (CDS) tools. The CDS tool enables prescribers to access real-time patient data, ideally...
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