Table 2.

Medical effect scores represented by a categorical scale

5: Mortality reduction	Mortality was significantly reduced in the CDSS intervention group.
4: Strong positive effect	No effect on mortality was measured, but patient outcome events with immediate life-threatening potential (eg, adverse reactions or forms of morbidity) were reduced.
3: Medium positive effect	Patient outcome events with no immediate life-threatening potential were reduced. Patients suffering from those events would require nonurgent treatment.
2: Light positive effect	Patient outcome events with no immediate life-threatening potential were reduced. Patients suffering from those events would not necessarily require treatment.
1: No significant effect	No significant effect on patient’s medical condition was measured. A potential benefit for the patient’s medical condition was unclear or not expected.
Negative effect	Patient outcome event had a negative effect on the patient’s medical condition.