Table 3.

Alert data and provider actions (8 January 2012 to 8 January 2014)

Number of Patients with TPMT deficiency added to the problem list	Number of TPMT alerts that fired	Number of patients that the TPMT alert fired	Average number of TPMT alerts firing per patient (for prescribers and pharmacists)	Number of unique practitioners for whom the TPMT alert fired	Average number of TPMT alerts firing per practitioner	Percentage of prescribers who cancelled the order in response to the TPMT alert (%)	Percentage of prescribers who initiated a modified dose after receiving the alert for the initial prescription (does not include subsequent alerts on refills)	Ratio of inpatient orders to outpatient prescriptions
38	160	31	5 (range 1–21)	69	2.3 (range 1–18)	23	71% (5/7)	15:116