Table 2.

Intervention Nurse Use of Electronic Clinical Decision Support Tool

	% of nurses who documented a CDS-recommended action with at least one of their patients in target population (N=165)	% of patient records in the intervention group with documented action (N=2550)
Indicator that nurse took at least one action from decision support tool	82%	42%
Mean number of actions per patient when used at least once (SD); possible range = 1–13		7.2 (2.8)
Provision
Provided medication list	58%	15%
Provided pre-pour box	50%	11%
Teaching
Importance of adherence to the medication regimen	78%	33%
To keep the medication list up to date	79%	39%
To bring the medication list to each physician visit	81%	39%
To develop system or plan to obtain medication refills on time	69%	31%
To remove/discard old and/or expired medications	75%	33%
To contact physician with any immediate concerns about medications or side effects	74%	31%
To work with pharmacist to synchronize refills	60%	22%
To use one pharmacy if possible	72%	30%
To discuss medication simplification with physician	48%	11%
Strategies to help with medication adherence	64%	24%
Management
Contacted physician to discuss medication simplification	13%	2%

CDS = clinical decision support; SD = standard deviation