Table 2.
Alert acceptance rates by condition
| Disease | Unique rule firings | Number of alerts accepted | Number of alerts over-ridden | Number of alerts ignored | Overall acceptance rate (%)* |
| Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | 225 | 102 | 31 | 194 | 45.3 |
| Asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 2452 | 842 | 585 | 1867 | 34.3 |
| Breast cancer | 245 | 116 | 36 | 209 | 47.3 |
| Coronary artery disease | 1069 | 439 | 274 | 795 | 41.1 |
| Congenital coagulopathy | 45 | 15 | 19 | 26 | 33.3 |
| Congestive heart failure | 914 | 331 | 279 | 635 | 36.2 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1330 | 519 | 324 | 1006 | 39.0 |
| Glaucoma | 336 | 187 | 40 | 296 | 55.7 |
| Hypertension | 5362 | 2281 | 1029 | 4333 | 42.5 |
| Hyperthyroidism | 141 | 46 | 39 | 102 | 32.6 |
| Hypothyroidism | 1291 | 639 | 220 | 1071 | 49.5 |
| Myasthenia gravis | 15 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20.0 |
| Osteoporosis/osteopenia | 2285 | 962 | 475 | 1810 | 42.1 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 231 | 61 | 78 | 153 | 26.4 |
| Renal failure/insufficiency | 991 | 413 | 148 | 843 | 41.7 |
| Sickle cell disease | 12 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8.3 |
| Stroke | 99 | 54 | 14 | 85 | 54.5 |
| Total | 17 043 | 7011 | 3604 | 13 439 | 41.1 |
*
Overall acceptance rate combines alerts that were accepted after being displayed multiple times (number of alerts accepted/unique rule firings).