Whitepaper - Testing the Alertness of Emergency Room Physicians

Abstract Published ELSEVIER

Background: Establishing practical solutions to manage fatigue in healthcare settings could reduce errors.

Predictive Safety's AlertMeter^® is a 2-min cognitive assessment tool currently used in high-hazard industries to identify fatigued staff.

Objective: No prior study has attempted to address fatigue in emergency medicine (EM). We objectively assessed provider alertness to determine the potential application of software-based fatigue recognition for risk reduction.