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Table 3.

Interview responses to RTA questions with eye-tracking and screen capture observations.

Retrospective Think Aloud (N=48) N %
Override Reason (self-reported)
Not clinically relevant 21 44%
Does not apply to this order/patient 18 38%
Alert error 4 8%
Appropriate alert 5 10%
Alert Important
No 24 50%
A little 15 31%
Yes 9 19%
Alert Helped
No 30 62%
A little 9 19%
Yes 9 19%
Alert Interfered or Frustrated
No 28 58%
A little 10 21%
Yes 10 21%
Other Clinicians Responsible for Alert
Provider 36 75%
Nurse 25 52%
Floor Pharmacist 11 23%
Alert Eye-tracking (N=100)
Fixated on Icon and Label 75 75%
Fixated on alert Message 25 25%
Medication Order Changes (N=30)
Order changes without alert (N=21)
Order changes with alert (N=9)
Order change before alert 9 100%
Order change after alert 0 0%