Tired of tech? Alert fatigue a concern for EHRs

When doctors, nurses and pharmacists are hit with too much information, specifically related to electronic health records (EHRs), they can tune out the information. This fatigue can result in real problems affecting patient health and overall efficiencies in the system.

An article from GCN.com points out "the number of these pop-up messages has become unmanageable, doctors and IT experts say, reflecting what many experts call excessive caution, and now they are overwhelming practitioners."

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