Provider acceptance of an automated electronic alert for acute kidney injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical decision support systems, including electronic alerts, ideally provide immediate and relevant patient-specific information to improve clinical decision-making. Despite the growing capabilities of such alerts in conjunction with an expanding electronic medical record, there is a paucity of information regarding their perceived usefulness. We surveyed healthcare providers' opinions concerning the practicality and efficacy of a specific text-based automated electronic alert for acute kidney injury (AKI) in a single hospital during a randomized trial of AKI alerts.

Methods

Providers who had received at least one electronic AKI alert in the previous 6 months, as part of a separate randomized controlled trial (clinicaltrials.gov #01862419), were asked to comple

SUBMITTER: Oh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4957729 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature