Your attention please... designing effective warnings.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. February 28, 2019;24.

Medication warnings inform providers and patients about risks associated with medication use. As with other safety strategies, applying a systems approach to medication warnings can help redirect actions and prevent patient harm. This article describes design, content, and language characteristics of successful medication safety warnings. In addition, specific design and user-centered considerations are included to improve the effectiveness of electronic alerting.

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