Research ArticleOriginal Research

Clinical Reminders Designed and Implemented Using Cognitive and Organizational Science Principles Decrease Reminder Fatigue

Lee A. Green, Donald Nease and Michael S. Klinkman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2015, 28 (3) 351-359; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2015.03.140243

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