Table 6.
Primary care and mental health providers’ beliefs about medication alerts
| Primary Care, % | Mental Health,% | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Disagree/Strongly Agree | Neither Agree or Disagree | Strongly Agree/Agree | n | Disagree/Strongly Agree | Neither Agree or Disagree | Strongly Agree/Agree | |
| Medication alerts identifying high risk conditions may prevent serious adverse events | 51 | 2.0 | 17.7 | 80.4 | 31 | 6.5 | 16.1 | 77.4 |
| Medication alerts waste more time than they save | 51 | 43.1 | 37.3 | 19.6 | 31 | 32.3 | 41.9 | 25.8 |
| Medication alerts may identify patient risks that I might otherwise not be aware of | 51 | 3.9 | 11.8 | 84.3 | 31 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 87.1 |
| I typically ignore medication alerts | 51 | 66.7 | 19.6 | 13.7 | 31 | 58.1 | 25.8 | 16.1 |
| Medication alerts can help me prescribe more safely | 51 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 72.6 | 31 | 6.5 | 19.4 | 74.2 |