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. 2012 Oct 2;12:111. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-111

Table 2.

Details of the CPOE systems in use

  Amsterdam Copenhagen Denain Sofia
CPOE name
Medicator/ESV
EPM
CPOE module of DxCare
Medica
CPOE vendor
iSoft
Accure/IBM
Medasys
Home-grown/Macrosoft
Year of CPOE introduction
2004
Glostrup: 2009
2003
2010
 
 
Herlev: 2007
 
 
 
 
Hillerød: 2006
 
 
Type of alerting
Automatic alerts1
Automatic alerts1
Optional alerts2
Automatic alerts1
Basic CDS functionalities according to Kuperman[13]
Drug-allergy checking
 
X
 
 
Basic dosing guidance
X
 
X
X
Formulary decision support
 
 
 
 
Duplicate therapy checking
X
X
 
 
Drug-drug interaction checking
X
X
X

Advanced CDS functionalities according to Kuperman[13]
None implemented (advanced dosing guidance, guidance for medication-related laboratory testing, drug-disease contraindication checking, drug-pregnancy checking).

1Automatic alerts are triggered by the system and pop up automatically. 2Optional alerts are triggered by the user and only pop up if the user explicitly asks for advice (e.g. by clicking a “check prescription” button).