Table 2.

Set of themes and subthemes generated from included papers

Themes and subthemes	Summary description
Contextualising the implementation and impact of electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) or computerised provider/physician order entry (CPOE) systems in hospitals	Authors’ descriptions/interpretations and primary data reporting on contextual factors and/or actions that that had taken place prior to system implementation.
Preparing the organisation for change
Preparing stakeholders for change
Factors affecting the implementation process of ePrescribing/CPOE systems	Authors’ descriptions/interpretations and primary data reporting on process-related issues.
Factors positively impacting the implementation process
Factors negatively impacting the implementation process
Positive and negative implications of ePrescribing/CPOE systems	Authors’ descriptions/interpretations and primary data reporting on impact-related issues in terms of benefits/problems, both in practice and/or at the organisational level.
Positive practice implications
Negative practice implications
Positive organisational implications
Negative organisational implications
Mixed impacts and change processes	Authors’ descriptions/interpretations and primary data reporting on impact-related issues that are not clear benefits/problems and/or focus on documenting change processes, both in practice and/or at the organisational levels.
Change in practice
Change at the organisational level