Table 3.
Examples of specific interventions within electronic medical record order entry system
| Test(s) | Problem | Intervention | Date of intervention |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D | Mis-orders (25-hydroxyvitamin D intended) | • Specific warning prompt | October 2009 |
| • Education | |||
| • Correction of order sets | |||
| Manganese | Mis-orders (usually erroneously ordered for magnesium) | • Specific warning prompt | November 2009 |
| Hepatitis B surface antigen | False positives due to recent administration by hepatitis B vaccine | Best Practice Alert if testing ordered within two weeks of recent vaccination | September 2011 |
| Beta-2-microglobulin | Mis-orders for beta-2-glycoprotein, particularly in obstetrics | • Specific warning prompt | June 2010 |
| • Correction of order sets | |||
| Complete blood count (CBC) with differential | Repetitive over-ordering of CBC with differential when CBC alone would suffice | Restricted repetitive ordering options of differential to once daily | June 2012 |