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. 2009 Aug 7;9:37. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-37

Table 5.

Respondents' perceived weaknesses with ePrescribing

Question Opiniona n %b
What weaknesses do you associate with the EHR-system that you use for ePrescribing? Describe the events or features that you think are particularly hard/not so good.c
Drug choice is complicated 38 21
No link between ePrescriptions and ApoDos/e-Dosd 21 12
Complicated in general, e.g. many mouse clicks 20 11
The cancel-/return function is inadequate 16 9
Satisfied 10 6
Several patients can be displayed at the same time 8 4
ePrescription for extemporaneous preparations, non-approved drugs, and to patients seeking asylum is impossible/hard 7 4
Do not get a receipt from the pharmacy 5 3
Discontinuation of treatment is complicated 5 3
The overview of the patient's prescribed drugs is disordered 5 3
Insufficient warning of drug interactions 3 2
No warning of too high doses 2 1
Too easy 2 1
Other 28 16
Total (139 respondents) 170

a Respondents expressed their opinions in free text answers which have been categorised. b Part (%) of the total number of respondents (N = 180). c Completeness rate 0.77 (139/180). d Multi-Dose drug dispensing