Table 2.
Number of orders per day in three groups of drugs before and after the start of the CPOE warning system.
Medications Recommended Not to Order | Medications Recommended for Dose Reduction | Medications Not Flagged | |||||||
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Before | After | P Value | Before | After | P Value | Before | After | P Value | |
Orders/day | 11.56 ±0.36 | 9.94 ±0.12 | 6.09 ±0.20 | 6.87 ±0.08 | 5.40 ±0.20 | 5.55 ±0.07 | |||
Orders/total patients/day | 0.070 ±0.002 | 0.054 ±0.001 | <0.001 | 0.037 ± 0.001 | 0.037 ± 0.001 | 0.71 | 0.033 ± 0.001 | 0.030 ± 0.001 | 0.03 |
Orders/new patients/day | 0.333 ±0.001 | 0.263 ±0.003 | <0.001 | 0.182 ± 0.006 | 0.186 ± 0.002 | 0.51 | 0.158 ± 0.005 | 0.148 ± 0.002 | 0.08 |
Data are presented as mean ±SE.