Table 2.
Completeness of medication orders for initially charted medicines in the ED.
| Variables, n (%) | Study Group | p-Value * | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPMC (n = 230 Patients) |
Early BPMH (n = 230 Patients) |
Usual Care (n = 588 Patients) |
||
| Total incomplete, unclear, and unsigned orders | 1 | 25 † | 62 † | <0.001 |
| Patients with at least one incomplete, unclear, or unsigned order | 1 (0.4%) | 17 (7.4%) | 45 (7.7%) | <0.001 |
| Patients with incomplete orders, n (%) | <0.001 | |||
| No incomplete order | 229 (100%) | 217 (94%) | 552 (94%) | |
| 1 incomplete order | 0 (0%) | 9 (3.9%) | 27 (4.6%) | |
| 2 incomplete orders | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.9%) | 7 (1.2%) | |
| 3 incomplete orders | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.9%) | 2 (0.3%) | |
| Patients with unclear orders, n (%) † | 0.20 | |||
| No unclear order | 230 (100%) | 227 (99%) | 577 (98%) | |
| 1 unclear order | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.9%) | 8 (1.4%) | |
| 2 unclear orders | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0.5%) | |
| 3 unclear orders | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.4%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Patients with unsigned orders, n (%) | 0.41 | |||
| No unsigned order | 229 (99.6%) | 229 (99.6%) | 587 (99.8%) | |
| 1 unsigned order | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.2%) | |
* Fisher’s exact test. † Includes orders that were edited to the original order (n = 1 in the early BPMH group and n = 1 in the usual care group). Abbreviations: BPMH, best-possible medication history; ED, emergency department; PPMC, partnered pharmacist medication charting.