Table 3 .
Effects of Rx on Clinician Behavior, Practice Efficiency, and Patient Care
| Effects | Yes Responses |
|
|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |
| On clinician behavior: | ||
| Increased self-reported drug knowledge | 746 | 78.9 |
| Improved drug-related decisions | 760 | 80.3 |
| Clinical decisions affected by Rx use | ||
| 0–1 decisions/week | 262 | 27.7 |
| 1–5 decisions/week | 535 | 56.6 |
| >5 decisions/week | 149 | 15.7 |
| On practice efficiency | ||
| Outpatient practice efficiency improved* | 651 | 86.3 |
| Inpatient practice efficiency improved† | 673 | 87.1 |
| Estimated time saved with Rx use | ||
| 0–30 sec/encounter | 384 | 40.6 |
| 30–60 sec/encounter | 282 | 29.8 |
| 1–3 min/encounter | 197 | 20.8 |
| >3 min/encounter | 83 | 8.8 |
| On patient care: | ||
| Better able to inform patients | 785 | 83 |
| Patients more satisfied with care | 511 | 54 |
| Reduced potential ADEs | 597 | 63.1 |
| Estimated frequency of reduced ADEs | ||
| None | 475 | 50.2 |
| 1–2/week | 405 | 42.8 |
| >2/week | 66 | 7 |
*Among 754 respondents (physicians and medical students) caring for outpatients.
†Among 773 respondents (physicians and medical students) caring for inpatients.