A Tool for Evaluating Medication Alerting Systems: Development and Initial Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is well known that recommendations from electronic medication alerts are seldom accepted or acted on by users. Key factors affecting the effectiveness of medication alerts include system usability and alert design. Thus, human factors principles that apply knowledge of human capabilities and limitations are increasingly used in the design of health technology to improve the usability of systems.

Objective

This study aims to evaluate a newly developed evidence-based self-assessment tool that allows the valid and reliable evaluation of computerized medication alerting systems. This tool was developed to be used by hospital staff with detailed knowledge of their hospital's computerized provider order entry system and alerts to identify and address potential system

SUBMITTER: Zheng WY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8325080 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature