Evaluation of an Electronic Health Record Alert to Improve Screening and Management of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Factors in a High-Risk Population

CONCLUSIONS: As measured by prescriptions for medications, other than those for smoking cessation, the EHR alert was not shown to be successful in increasing the management of high-risk patients. Physicians receiving numerous messages in the EHR may experience alert desensitization.PMID:35237844 | DOI:10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001355

Source: Southern Medical Journal - March 3, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Warren L Felton Susan G Kornstein Tamala Gondwe Christine Huynh Jordyn T Wallenborn Jeneane Henry Source Type: research