Table 3.

Outcome classification for trials

References	Primary outcome	Outcome summarization	Outcome impact	Outcome category
Beeler et al. [25]	Increasing the ratio of prescribing prophylaxis 6–24 h after admission/transfer	Increasing prescribing	+	Physician practice performance improved
Eckman et al. [26]	Reducing disagreement among physicians	Reducing disagreement among physicians	+
Du et al. [27]	Increasing secondary preventive prescriptions after 15 months in the intervention group	Increasing prescribing	+
Karlsson et al. [28]	Increasing the prescription of anticoagulation after 12 months	Increasing prescribing	+
Mazzaglia et al. [29]	Increasing prescription of anti-blocking drugs	Increasing prescribing	+
Patel et al. [31]	Increasing the number of anti-inflammatory/lipid-lowering drugs	Increasing prescribing	+
Perestelo-pérez et al. [37]	Increasing satisfaction of decision making	Increasing satisfaction of decision making	+
Sáenz et al. [38]	Increasing long-term blood sugar using between group differences	Increasing prescribing	+
Geurts et al. [41]	Increase in standard use of oral rehydration solution	Increasing prescribing	+
Petersen et al. [43]	Increase in drug prescription in patients with risk above 5 percent	Increasing prescribing	+
Bourgeois et al. [44]	Reduced antibiotic prescriptions in visits by using templates	Reducing prescribing	+
Juszczyk et al. [45]	Reducing unnecessary prescription of antibiotics	Reducing prescribing	+
Mcdermott et al. [46]	Increasing physicians self-efficacy	Increasing physicians efficacy	+
Mcginn et al. [47]	Reduced antibiotic prescription	Reducing prescribing	+
Avansino et al. [51]	Increase in following clinical guidelines for systematic prescriptions compared to case prescriptions	Increase in following clinical guidelines	+
Awdishu et al. [52]	Increase in not taking medication or changing dose of inadequate drugs	Reducing prescribing	+
Erler et al. [53]	Reduction in the amount of medication received in the intervention group in excess of the prescribed dose	Reducing prescribing	+
Cox et al. [54]	Increase in the number of prescriptions for initial drug use	Increasing prescribing	+
Strom et al. [56]	Increasing the percentage of appropriate alerts that have been responded to by physicians in the intervention group compared to the control group	Increasing the percentage of appropriate alerts	+
Beeler et al. [60]	Increase in the average monitoring time of potassium level	Increase in the average monitoring time of potassium level	+
Eschmann et al. [62]	Decrease in the reaction time to reminders in physicians for monitoring alerts for potassium level	Decrease in the reaction time to reminders	+
Curtain et al. [5]	Reduction in the approved percentage of inhibitor intervention proton pump which is registered by the pharmacologist	Reduction in the approved percentage of inhibitor intervention proton pump which is registered by the pharmacologist	+
Turchin et al. [6]	Increasing overall efficiency of system functionalities prior to admission	Increasing overall efficiency of system functionalities	0
Griffey et al. [63]	Increasing the number of prescriptions by recommending the determined system dose	Increasing prescribing	+
Myers et al. [64]	Reducing the significant number of inappropriate abbreviations	Reducing prescribing	+
Van Stiphout et al. [65]	More efficient medical summary	More efficient medical summary	+
Akhu-zaheya et al. [32]	Increasing prescriptions in the short message group	Increasing prescribing	+	Patient outcome improved
Khonsari et al. [33]	Increasing adherence to drug usage	Increasing adherence	+
Vervloet et al. [39]	Increasing adherence in the group receiving short messages	Increasing adherence	+
ervloet et al. [40]	Increasing the drug dosage in one hour during a six month period	Increasing prescribing	+
Elliott et al. [58]	Reducing the average number of days re-hospitalized 60 days after discharge	Reducing the average number of days re-hospitalized	+
Bruxvoort et al. [59]	Knowledge of the physician in using Lumefantrine or thometer	Increased Knowledge of the physician	+
Tamblyn et al. [67]	Reduction in dose of drugs after one year for antipsychotics	Reducing prescribing	+
Luitjes et al. [35]	For the control group, reducing the secondary outcome of infant morbidity after implementation	Reducing morbidity	+	Physician practice performance and patient outcome improved
Ackerman et al. [49]	Reducing excess prescription of antibiotics	Reducing prescribing	+
Pop-eleches et al. [50]	Reducing the number of treatment interruptions in both groups receiving weekly messages	Effective in process of care	+
Christensen et al. [34]	Reducing blood pressure after 12 months	Reducing morbidity	0	Physician practice performance not improved
Nielsen et al. [30]	Increasing the time outcome in the scope of treatment	Increasing the time outcome	0
Buhse et al. [36]	Reduction in faulty knowledge causing risk	Reducing risk	0
Gill et al. [42]	Increase in receiving care on the basis of instructions for patients with low-dose aspirin use (25%)	Increase in receiving care	0
Muth et al. [55]	Ineffectiveness of drug prescriptions after 6 and 9 months	Ineffectiveness in process of care	0
Strom et al. [57]	Reduction in the appropriate response of physicians to alerts during 17 months	Reduction in the appropriate response of physicians to alerts	0
Duke et al. [61]	Decrease in the conformity rate in normal risk patients for increased potassium	Decrease in the conformity rate in normal risk patients	0
Willis et al. [66]	Lack of difference in the rate of patient adherence to treatment, drug treatment significance, economic and clinical outcomes in three groups	No difference in process of care outcomes	+	Patient outcome not improved
Mohammed et al. [48]	Inability to be effective in treatment success rate	Ineffectiveness in process of care	0