Dictionary
The Dictionary provides concise definitions of health economics terms, arranged alphabetically for quick reference. Use it to understand unfamiliar terminology or confirm the meaning of a specific term.
A
- Alert FatigueAlarm Fatigue, Alert Desensitisation
- A phenomenon in which providers become desensitised to computerised clinical alerts from excessive frequency, causing them to override even important ones.
C
- Clinical Alert
- A computerised notification within a health information system warning a clinician of a potential safety concern at the point of care.
I
- Interruptive Alert
- A clinical alert requiring a provider to actively respond before proceeding, unlike a passive alert displayed without requiring immediate response.
O
- Override Rate
- The proportion of computerised clinical alerts a provider dismisses without following the recommended action, a key metric for alert calibration.
P
- Passive Alert
- A clinical alert displaying information without requiring an active response before proceeding, unlike an interruptive alert demanding acknowledgment.
S
- Smart Alert
- A computerised clinical alert using more sophisticated logic, such as patient-specific risk factors, to reduce clinically insignificant notifications compared with simpler rule-based alerts.
T
- Tiered Alert
- A computerised clinical alert system categorising notifications by severity, presenting more urgent alerts more prominently than lower-priority ones.