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. 2007 Jan-Feb;14(1):56–64. doi: 10.1197/jamia.M2224

Table 6.

Table 6. Respondents’ Preference of Possible Changes to DDI Alerts

Prescribers WPS Pharmacists WPS
Eliminate all DDI alerts 0.05 0.05
Eliminate only significant (vs. critical) DDI alerts 0.35 0.36
Eliminate the requirement to provide an override reason 0.49 0.10
Make it more difficult to override lethal interactions 0.95 2.20
Show DDI alerts one time per patient 1.24 1.04
Allow customization of DDI alerts for medications I commonly use 0.84 0.63
Provide management options for DDIs 1.53 1.96

WPS = weighted preference score, which is the sum of preference points, where a 1% of rank of “1” was given three points, “2” was given two points, and “3” given one point.