title: A Metrics Taxonomy and Reporting Strategy for Rule-Based Alerts.
abstract: An action-oriented alerts taxonomy according to structure, actions, and implicit intended process outcomes using a set of 333 rule-based alerts at Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW) was developed. The authors identified 9 major and 17 overall classes of alerts and developed a specific metric approach for 5 of these classes, including the 3 most numerous ones in KPNW, accounting for 224 (67%) of the alerts.
authors.affiliation: Part-time Physician Lead for Clinical Decision Support for The Permanente Federation. He retired from Northwest Permanente in 2014 after 30 years practicing Family Medicine and after 20 years engaged in clinical informatics. Dr Krall was the Director of Clinical Decision Support and Knowledge Management for Northwest Permanente. michael.krall@kp.org.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krall
authors.affiliation: Information Analyst for Care Delivery Analytics for Northwest Permanente. alexander.x.gerace@kp.org.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gerace
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D036262:Empirical Research; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*