Rising drug allergy alert overrides in electronic health records: an observational retrospective study of a decade of experience

There have been growing concerns about the impact of drug allergy alerts on patient safety and provider alert fatigue. The authors aimed to explore the common drug allergy alerts over the last 10 years and the reasons why providers tend to override these alerts. Retrospective observational cross-sectional study (2004-2013). Drug allergy alert data (n = 611,192) were collected from two large academic hospitals in Boston, MA (USA). Overall, the authors found an increase in the rate of drug allergy alert overrides, from 83.3% in 2004 to 87.6% in 2013 (P