PREVALENCE OF AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INAPPROPRIATE INDICATIONS FOR TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN ADULT OUTPATIENTS AT SIRIRAJ HOSPITAL

Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Inappropriate Indications for Transthoracic Echocardiography in Adult Outpatients at Siriraj Hospital

Objective: Ordering transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) for inappropriate indications could prolong patient waiting time, increase echocardiography laboratory workload, and compromise the quality of TTE studies.This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of and factors associated with inappropriate indications for TTE in adult outpatients at Si

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Reducing Alert Fatigue by Sharing Low-Level Alerts With Patients and Enhancing Collaborative Decision Making Using Blockchain Technology: Scoping Review and Proposed Framework (MedAlert)

BackgroundClinical decision support (CDS) is a tool that helps clinicians in decision making by generating clinical alerts to supplement their previous knowledge and experience.However, CDS generates a high volume of irrelevant alerts, resulting in alert fatigue among clinicians.Alert fatigue is the mental state of alerts consuming too much time an

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