Table 1.
Characteristics of 36 doctors and 60 nurses that responded to the survey. (Not all participants responded to all questions).
| Respondents | Respondents who responded to the question, n (%) | ||
| Prescribers | |||
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Roles | ||
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Accredited practitioner—anesthetics | 23 (64) |
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Accredited practitioner—medical | 4 (11) |
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Accredited practitioner—surgical | 6 (17) |
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Registrar | 1 (3) |
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Intern | 1 (3) |
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Days per week working at hospital | ||
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Less than 2 | 23 (64) |
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2-3 | 7 (19) |
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4-5 | 6 (17) |
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Setting of EMRa use | ||
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Inpatient | 36 (100) |
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Outpatient | 2 (5) |
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Frequency with which they prescribe in EMR | ||
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Multiple times a day | 27 (75) |
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Once in the day | 2 (6) |
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Only on some days | 2 (6) |
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Rarely | 4 (11) |
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Never | 1 (3) |
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Experience using other EMR systems | ||
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Yes | 18 (55) |
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No | 15 (45) |
| Nurses | |||
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Roles | ||
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Registered nurse | 57 (95) |
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Endorsed enrolled nurse | 3 (5) |
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Days per week working at hospital | ||
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1-2 | 5 (8) |
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3-4 | 23 (38) |
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5-6 | 32 (53) |
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Experience using other EMR systems | ||
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Yes | 24 (41) |
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No | 35 (59) |
aEMR: electronic medical record.