Diseases

Health Personnel Alert Fatigue

Mental fatigue experienced by health care providers who encounter numerous alerts and reminders from the use of CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS. As the numbers of alerts and reminders designed to provide meaningful assistance to the patient care process increases, many health personnel may ignore them.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Mental fatigue experienced by health care providers who encounter numerous alerts and reminders from the use of CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS. As the numbers of alerts and reminders designed to provide meaningful assistance to the patient care process increases, many health personnel may ignore them.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Alarm Fatigue
  • Alert Fatigue Health Personnel
  • Alert Fatigue, Health Personnel
  • Fatigue, Alarm

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Aspects Covered

1 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings prevention & control.

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History Note

2017

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Previous Indexing

  • Fatigue (2010-2016)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. C23.888w.369w.500.250w
  2. F01.100w.050.500w
  3. F01.145.126.937.250w
  4. N04w.761w.700.075w
  5. N05.300w.100.169w
  6. N05.700.075w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Health Personnel Alert Fatigue. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071064. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071064
  2. Health Personnel Alert Fatigue. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_fatigue
  3. Health Personnel Alert Fatigue. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16002361