Table 1. Frequency of discrete comments by category in the outpatient and inpatient settings for a benzodiazepine and nonbenzodiazepine sedative clinical decision support alert.
Comment category | Outpatient frequency | Inpatient frequency |
---|---|---|
Allergy/adverse reaction | 5% (20) | 10% (44) |
Dependency/continuity-of-care | 18% (65) | 41% (179) |
Disease-related (nononcology) | 8% (31) | 2% (10) |
Generalized anxiety/ insomnia | 9% (32) | 14% (60) |
Not available | 9% (33) | 12% (53) |
Neurological/musculoskeletal | 10% (36) | 2% (9) |
Oncology/chemotherapy | 8% (29) | 1% (5) |
Situational anxiety | 33% (121) | 18% (77) |
Totals | 100% (367) | 100% (437) |