Table 7.
Generation of guidance reminders by the CDS system
| Type of alert | Phase I Nov 2014 – Dec 2015 (N=17) |
Phase II Jan – Mar 2016 (N=5) |
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| Events needing reminders | Reminders generated N (%) | False reminders | Events needing reminders | Reminders generated N (%) | False reminders | |
| Hourly ABG§ & glucose | 4 | 2 (50.0%) | 3 | 8 | 8 (100.0%) | 0 |
| Hourly EHP§ | 13 | 9 (69.2%) | 0 | 7 | 4 (57.1%) | 0 |
| Administer muscle relaxants | 8 | 8* (100.0%) | 0 | 1 | 1* (100.0%) | 0 |
| Total | 25 | 19 (76.0%) | 3 | 16 | 13 (81.3%) | 0 |
*Muscle relaxant was given before guidance alert but anesthesia provider didn’t record in real time for 4 patients in phase I and 1 patient in phase II.
§ABG – arterial blood gas, EHP – emergency hemorrhage panel laboratory results