Table 1.
Pre- and Post-Intervention Duplicate Order Rates by Prescriber Role/Credential and Department.
| Pre-Interventions | Post Interventions | Freq of Duplicates | Pct of Duplicates | Duplication Rate | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department & Credential | Total Order Placed | Pct/Share of Orders Placed | Duplicates | Pct/Share of Duplicate Orders | Percent of Orders that are Duplicates: Rate | Total Order Placed | Pct/Share of Orders Placed | Duplicates | Pct/Share of Duplicate Orders | Percent of Orders that are Duplicates: Rate | Percent Change in Duplicate Frequency * | p-Val ue | Percent Change in Pct/Share of Duplicates * | p-Value | Change in Percent of Orders that are Duplicates * | p-Value |
| Anesth Resident | 741 | 3.56 | 64 | 8.21 | 8.64 | 380 | 2.08 | 15 | 9.43 | 3.95 | –76.6 | p<0.01 | 15.0 | p<0.01 | –54.3 | p<0.01 |
| Anesth Fellow | 1243 | 5.97 | 140 | 17.95 | 11.26 | 667 | 3.65 | 5 | 3.14 | 0.75 | –96.4 | p<0.01 | –82.5 | p<0.01 | –93.3 | p<0.01 |
| Anesth Attending | 6059 | 29.10 | 192 | 24.62 | 3.17 | 5238 | 28.70 | 20 | 12.58 | 0.38 | –89.6 | p<0.01 | –48.9 | p<0.01 | –88.0 | p<0.01 |
| Medicine Resident | 83 | 0.40 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 51 | 0.28 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Medicine Fellow | 2 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Medicine Attending | 248 | 1.19 | 10 | 1.28 | 4.03 | 129 | 0.71 | 6 | 3.77 | 4.65 | –40.0 | ns | ns | 15.3 | ns | |
| Ortho Resident | 3857 | 18.52 | 97 | 12.44 | 2.51 | 3014 | 16.51 | 28 | 17.61 | 0.93 | –71.1 | p<0.01 | 41.6 | p<0.01 | –63.1 | p<0.01 |
| Ortho Fellow | 3913 | 18.79 | 117 | 15.00 | 2.99 | 4478 | 24.53 | 41 | 25.79 | 0.92 | –65.0 | p<0.01 | 71.9 | p<0.01 | –69.4 | p<0.01 |
| Ortho Attending | 17 | 0.08 | 1 | 0.13 | 5.88 | 8 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ns | ns | ns | |||
| Peds Resident | 13 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 104 | 0.57 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Peds Fellow | 20 | 0.10 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Peds Attending | 3 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Radiology Resident | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Radiology Fellow | 2 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 21 | 0.12 | 1 | 0.63 | 4.76 | ns | ns | ns | |||
| Radiology Attending | 7 | 0.03 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Nurse Pract | 174 | 0.84 | 1 | 0.13 | 0.57 | 335 | 1.84 | 4 | 2.52 | 1.19 | ns | ns | ns | |||
| Phys Asst | 4417 | 21.21 | 158 | 20.26 | 3.58 | 3700 | 20.27 | 39 | 24.53 | 1.05 | –75.3 | p<0.01 | 21.1 | p<0.01 | –70.5 | p<0.01 |
| Pharmacists | 25 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 105 | 0.58 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Total | 20824 | 100 | 780 | 100 | 3.75 | 18253 | 100 | 159 | 100 | 0.87 | –79.6 | p<0.01 | –76.7 | p<0.01 | ||
*Note: Blanks indicate inability to compute change due to a pre or post-Intervention zero value, or a computationally inappropriate value.