title: High-level alerting for rare but critical clinical conditions.
abstract: We describe our efforts to switch from free-text documentation of a difficult airway in the patient allergy list to a field-defined entry prominently displayed in the electronic record. A survey of relevant physicians' preferred methods of documentation will facilitate clinically useful methods of alerting providers to critical conditions in their patients.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gettinger
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chaimberg
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Spence
authors.forename: Jenica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nelan
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D009513:New Hampshire; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*