Cognitive Support and Usability Assignment | Online Homework Help
Selecting an article from the readings, Please log into Excelsior College. Username TERRELLM3, Password terrellm3 module 3 M3D1 and follow the instructions.
M3D1: Cognitive Support and Usability
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Introduction to the Activity
Consider the golden line from the “What are the Dangers of Alert Fatigue” video – “An unnecessary alert is dangerous…it makes it that much less likely you will pay attention to the next one that is necessary” (IHI Open School, 2017). The video concludes with another notable line when the speaker assuaged “We touted alerts and alarms as being one of the main advantages of computerization and…right now, it’s a disaster” (IHI Open School, 2017). Visualization of information is imperative for the consumption and digestion of data, and prevention of cognitive overload.
Instructions to Learners
A special 2014 online issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (Links to an external site.) delved into Health IT and Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS). From the issue required in our readings, select and cite one article which analyzes a CDSS to review and present back