Table 2.

Alerts from computerized clinical decision support system.

	Phase 1	Phase 2	P value
Number of patients who met criteria	457	481
Patients who received alert of BP prescription, n (%)	306 (67) [Hidden alert]	304 (63)	0.24
Patients who were ordered BP, n (% per alerted patients)	48 (16) [Order without alert]	57 (19)	0.33
Patients who received alert of BMD testing, n (%)	424 (93) [Hidden alert]	419 (87)	0.004
Patients who were ordered BMD testing, n (% per alerted patients)	18 (4.2) [Order without alert]	101 (24)	< 0.001
Number of glucocorticoid prescriptions of patients who met criteria	3123	3467
Alert of BP prescription, n (%)	1763 (56) [Hidden alert]	1813 (52)	< 0.001
BP prescription, n (% per alert)	97 (5.5) [Order without alert]	113 (6.2)	0.35
Alert of BMD testing, n (%)	2763 (88) [Hidden alert]	2131 (61)	< 0.001
BMD testing, n (% per alert)	14 (0.5) [Order without alert]	112 (5.3)	< 0.001

BP bisphosphonates, BMD bone mineral density.