Alerts refer to the delivery of user-subscribed information to the user. As the number of alert services and the types of information delivery devices increase, a new model that allows users to manage alert delivery and avoid alert overflow is needed. The unique dependability challenge in the management of alerts is in the proper use of redundancy to achieve timeliness and reliability without b...

Several monitoring systems are usually composed by heterogeneous monitoring sensors. Each sensor raises thousands of alerts to be saved and analyzed in a centralized station. Most of alerts raised by different sensors are almost the same but have various formats and various descriptions. The system administrator must identify manually similar alerts in order to decrease the number of generated ...

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BACKGROUND High-alert medications pose a greater risk of causing significant harm to patients if used in error. The Joint Commission requires that hospitals define institution-specific high-alert medications and implement processes to ensure safe medication use. METHOD Nursing, pharmacy, and prescribers were asked to voluntarily complete a 34-question survey to assess their knowledge, experie...