Table 2.

Appropriateness of overrides by alert type

Alert type	Sample size reviewed for appropriateness	Appropriate override (%)
Duplicate drug	200	98.0
Patient allergy	200	96.5
Formulary substitution	206	82.5
Drug-drug interaction	250	62.0
Age-based suggestion	208	26.4
Renal suggestion	1033	2.2
Total	2097	61.3