Table 1.
Physician and patient characteristics
| Physicians (n=61) | ||
| Demographic characteristics | N | % |
| Female | 27 | 44 |
| Mean | SD | |
| Practice experience (years) | 23.4 | 7.1 |
| Practice characteristics | ||
| Daily practice volume | 21.2 | 7.4 |
| Percent of patients 65 years and older | 21 | 11.7 |
| Experience and skills related to electronic prescribing | ||
| Electronic prescription rate (e-RXs per 100 visits) | 53.7 | 45.7 |
| Electronic prescription speed (minutes per 3 e-RXs) (Range) | 5.5 (2.8–10.4) | 1.7 |
| Alert level setting | N | % |
| View severe alerts only | 50 | 82 |
| View serious and severe alerts only | 9 | 14.8 |
| View all alerts (moderate, serious and severe) | 2 | 3.2 |
| Patients (n=3413) | Mean | SD |
| Age | 75.5 | 6.6 |
| N | % | |
| Female | 2303 | 67.5 |
| Risk factors for fall-related injuries (in prior 2 years) | ||
| Prior fall-related injury | 147 | 4.3 |
| Gait and balance problems | 822 | 24.1 |
| Lower-extremity weakness | 272 | 8 |
| Cognitive impairment | 288 | 8.4 |
| Visits (n=8931) | Mean | SD |
| Number of ambulatory care visits (in year prior to visit) | 12.2 | 9.1 |
| Number of active medications (at visit) | 9.4 | 4.2 |