The phrase "alert mechanism" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a system or process designed to notify or warn individuals about specific events or conditions.
Example: "The software includes an alert mechanism that notifies users of any security breaches in real-time."
Alternatives: "notification system" or "warning system".
The occasion was the presentation of the European Commission's first-ever "Alert Mechanism Report on Macro-economic Imbalances", ie economies that are listing so heavily for one reason or another (international indebtedness, trade deficits, etc) that they need to start bailing and plugging holes, lest they soon need injections of ballast.
According to the leaked German working paper, the country wants to establish German-specified, Europe-wide standards on a variety of issues, including corporate taxes, adjustments in pension systems and legal measures that would commit countries to tough fiscal policies through a "debt alert mechanism".
These are: abolition of wage indexation systems, agreement on mutual recognition of education qualifications, creation of a common base for assessing corporate tax, adjustment of the pension systems, establishment of a national crisis management regime for banks and new legal measures to force countries to commit to tough fiscal policies through a "debt alert mechanism".
The domino effect of this alert mechanism will transform the iPad and therefore the downlevel iPhone and Web clients in turn.
On this basis, he/she has to make a judgement as to whether the diagnosis is unsuspected and whether any additional alert mechanism is necessary.
We are thinking about an alert mechanism, which will flag unusually frequent database visits and keep track of logons and accesses to the information system.
She said the council would help "review existing regulation for precision in language and purpose" and "enable industry-to-government alert mechanisms".
Additional radiology report alert mechanisms are a safety feature, but these incur extra costs.
All alert mechanisms take additional time and effort, so there are associated productivity costs. .
Referrers should be made aware of the department alert mechanisms and protocol and their own responsibility to ensure that they read radiology reports and act accordingly.
One major concern of radiologists is that referrers will rely on alert mechanisms, especially alerts attached to electronic reports, and assume that the other reports are normal or have no significant findings; a practice or assumption which could be hazardous.
