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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 21.
Published in final edited form as: Healthc (Amst). 2023 Mar 28;11(2):100689. doi: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2023.100689

Table 1.

Characteristics of RTPB Implementation at 5 academic medical centers/health systems.

UPMC Yale F&MCW JHHS Stony Brook

Measurement Dates 7–10/2020 4–7/2019 10/2019–1/2020 4–7/2019 9–12/2019
Total number of encounters where a medication was ordered 241,450 277,272 94,972 97,651 79,894
Number of unique providers 3291 3583 1625 1218 1666
RTPB tool Vendor(s) A B A, B B B, C
Deployment setting (IP, OP, both) Both OP Both Both Both
EHR Vendor Epic; Cerner Epic Epic Epic Cerner
Automatic Display Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Opt-out Option Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Display Threshold None None >$3/mo
or $0.10/d
None None

UPMC = University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

F&MCW = Froedert & Medical College of Wisconsin.

JHHS = Johns Hopkins Health System.

RTPB = real time prescription benefit.

IP = inpatient.

OP = outpatient.

EHR = electronic health record.