Table 2. Medication Errors and Types at the Medication Level.
| Variable | Intention to treat | Treatment received | Per protocol | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telephone, errors, No. (%) | Video telemedicine, errors, No. (%) | P value | Telephone, errors, No. (%) | Video telemedicine, errors, No. (%) | P value | Telephone, errors, No. (%) | Video telemedicine, errors, No. (%) | P value | |
| Medication characteristics | |||||||||
| No. of medications ordered | 513 | 1901 | NA | 1504 | 910 | NA | 446 | 843 | NA |
| At least 1 error present | 26 (5.1) | 98 (5.2) | .94 | 73 (4.9) | 49 (5.4) | .58 | 23 (5.2) | 48 (5.7) | .91 |
| Error types present | |||||||||
| Wrong dose ordered | 20 (3.9) | 76 (4.0) | >.99 | 57 (3.8) | 39 (4.3) | .62 | 20 (4.5) | 39 (4.6) | >.99 |
| Too much dose ordered | 14 (2.7) | 48 (2.5) | .92 | 35 (2.3) | 27 (3.0) | .41 | 14 (3.1) | 27 (3.2) | >.99 |
| Too little dose ordered | 6 (1.1) | 28 (1.5) | .76 | 22 (1.4) | 12 (1.3) | .91 | 6 (1.4) | 12 (1.4) | >.99 |
| Wrong route ordereda | 1 (0.2) | 3 (0.2) | >.99 | 0 | 4 (0.4) | .02 | 0 | 3 (0.4) | .56 |
| Wrong dosage form ordered | 0 | 5 (0.3) | .59 | 5 (0.3) | 0 | .16 | 0 | 0 | NA |
| Error related to patient informationb | 0 | 4 (0.2) | .59 | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | .64 | 0 | 2 (0.2) | .55 |
| Medication was ordered for the wrong indication | 5 (1.0) | 10 (0.5) | .33 | 9 (0.6) | 4 (0.5) | >.99 | 3 (0.7) | 4 (0.5) | .69 |
Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.
a
Includes intravenous, per os, and nasogastric.
b
Refers to allergy, drug interaction, and kidney or liver disease.