High-level alerting for rare but critical clinical conditions.
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.
Gettinger
Andrew
A
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Chaimberg
Kathleen
K
Spence
Brian
B
Nelan
Jenica
J
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*