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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedSnyder ME, Jaynes H, Gernant SA
Alerts for community pharmacist-provided medication therapy management: recommendations from a heuristic evaluation.
This study evaluated the effectiveness of alerts for community pharmacist-provided medication therapy management (MTM). The alerts come in five categories: indication, effectiveness, safety, adherence, and cost-containment. The heuristic evaluation used the Instrument for Evaluating Human-Factors Principles in Medication-Related Decision Support Alerts (I-MeDeSA). Four analysts’ individual ratings were summed for each alert, and a mean score on the modified I-MeDeSA was computed. The analysts’ scores were similar. The scores indicated opportunities for improvement across all MTM alert categories including principles of alert prioritization; text-based information; alarm philosophy; and corrective actions.
AHRQ-funded; HS025005.
Citation: Snyder ME, Jaynes H, Gernant SA .
Alerts for community pharmacist-provided medication therapy management: recommendations from a heuristic evaluation.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2019 Jul 16;19(1):135. doi: 10.1186/s12911-019-0866-0..
Keywords: Shared Decision Making, Health Information Technology (HIT), Medication, Provider, Provider: Pharmacist
Ancker JS, Edwards A, Nosal S
Effects of workload, work complexity, and repeated alerts on alert fatigue in a clinical decision support system.
In this study, the investigators tested hypotheses arising from two possible alert fatigue mechanisms: (A) cognitive overload associated with amount of work, complexity of work, and effort distinguishing informative from uninformative alerts, and (B) desensitization from repeated exposure to the same alert over time. The investigators found that clinicians became less likely to accept alerts as they received more of them, particularly more repeated alerts. There was no evidence of an effect of workload per se, or of desensitization over time for a newly deployed alert.
AHRQ-funded; HS021531.
Citation: Ancker JS, Edwards A, Nosal S .
Effects of workload, work complexity, and repeated alerts on alert fatigue in a clinical decision support system.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2017 Apr 10;17(1):1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12911-017-0430-8..
Keywords: Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Shared Decision Making, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Health Information Technology (HIT), Patient Safety, Provider, Provider: Nurse, Provider: Physician