Cognitive analysis of decision support for antibiotic ordering in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are a method used to support prescribing accuracy when deployed within a computerized provider order entry system (CPOE). Divergence from using CDSS is exemplified by high alert override rates. Excessive cognitive load imposed by the CDSS may help to explain such high rates.
Author(s): Sheehan, B, Kaufman, D, Bakken, S, Currie, L M
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2011-10-RA-0060