Kevinmd iconKevinmdOct 20, 2026

Alert fatigue is a design problem, not a vigilance problem

Any safety system that is ignored 96 percent of the time is not an effective safety system. It is only a record that the alert fired, and the clinician did not act. Override rates on drug safety alerts consistently run between 49 percent and 96 percent, depending on the alert and the setting. This fact Read more… Alert

Alert fatigue is a design problem, not a vigilance problem

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