Here are four highlights:
1. Although a hospital’s system is designed to stop as many potentially dangerous prescribing actions as possible, researchers found the majority of these alerts are “clinically insignificant.”
2. Because there are so many alerts, some physicians click through them mindlessly without understanding the ramifications of dismissing the alerts.
3. A possible solution for opioid alerts would be factoring in how much a patient has received rather than how many times the physician prescribed a treatment.
4. “I would contend that the alert system needs to be smarter,” said Andrew Monte, MD, one of the study’s authors. “Providing more information ultimately makes it more difficult for physicians in some instances.”
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