Table 2.
Features of electronic prescribing packages (n = 20)
| Study (studies with negative findings in italics) | Country | Paediatric specific | Front-end decision support | Back-end decision support | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dose calculation | Order sets | Info access | Alerts | Mandatory fields | Access security | |||
| Unmodified commercially available packages | ||||||||
| Han et al. (2005) [31] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Jani et al. (2010) [33] | UK | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| King (2003) [37] | Canada | ✓ | ||||||
| Walsh (2008) [46] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Customised commercially available packages | ||||||||
| Cordero (2004) [28] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Del Beccaro (2006) [30] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Holdsworth (2007) [32] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Kadmon (2009) [34] | Israel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Kazemi (2011) [35] | Iran | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Keene (2007) [36] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Upperman (2005) [44] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Warrick (2011) [47] | UK | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Bespoke packages (developed by trialists/hospitals) | ||||||||
| Lehmann (2004) [38] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lehmann (2006) [39] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Maat (2013) [40] | Netherlands | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Potts (2004) [41] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Sowan (2010) [42] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Vardi (2007) [45] | Israel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Unidentified package type | ||||||||
| Barnes (2009) [29] | USA | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Sullins (2012) [43] | USA | |||||||