Contingency planning for electronic health record-based care continuity: a survey of recommended practices
Unexpected downtimes related to EHRs appear to be fairly common among institutions in our survey.
clinical decision support anomalies
Clinical decision support alert malfunctions: analysis and empirically derived taxonomy
CDS alert malfunctions are frequent. The empirically derived taxonomy formalizes the common recurring issues that cause these malfunctions, helping CDS developers anticipate and prevent CDS malfunctions before they occur or detect and resolve them expediently.
Best practices for preventing malfunctions in rule-based clinical decision support alerts and reminders: Results of a Delphi study
Developing effective and reliable rule-based clinical decision support (CDS) alerts and reminders is challenging. Using a previously developed taxonomy for alert malfunctions, we identified best practices for developing, testing, implementing, and maintaining alerts and avoiding malfunctions.
Analysis of clinical decision support system malfunctions: a case series and survey
We identified and investigated several CDSS malfunctions at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and present them as a case series. We also conducted a preliminary survey of Chief Medical Information Officers to assess the frequency of such malfunctions.