Contraindication alerts, e.g. warning you to a past medical history of peptic ulcer when trying to prescribe an NSAID to a patient (n = 352) | 53.7 | 34.9 | 11.4 |
Allergy alerts, e.g. alerting you that a patient is allergic to a particular drug if you were to try to prescribe it (n = 354) | 85.3 | 10.5 | 4.2 |
Alerts regarding frequency of dose, e.g. alerting you that methotrexate is normally prescribed weekly (n = 354) | 27.7 | 49.7 | 22.6 |
Alerts regarding drugs with similar names, e.g. alerting you to a potential hazard if you were to select penicillamine rather than penicillin (n = 353) | 18.1 | 62.6 | 19.3 |
Features that make it extremely difficult to override an alert for a potentially fatal prescribing error (n = 377) | 13.0 | 57.3 | 29.7 |
Alerts to warn you that a patient has gone beyond their review date when issuing a repeat prescription (n = 377) | 82.8 | 13.3 | 4.0 |
Alerts to warn you that a patient may be underusing their medication when it comes to trying to issue a repeat prescription (n = 375) | 52.8 | 39.7 | 7.5 |
Alerts to warn you that a patient may be overusing their medication when it comes to trying to issue a repeat prescription (n = 377) | 65.3 | 28.9 | 5.8 |
Prompts that require you to record a reason if you have overridden an alert (n = 376) | 33.0 | 54.8 | 12.2 |
Systems for recalling patients who need blood test monitoring,e.g. U&Es for patients on diuretics (n = 372) | 16.9 | 68.5 | 14.5 |
Systems for recording intended referrals so that patients can be identified if a referral hasn’t been made within a certain period of time (n = 374) | 11.8 | 69.5 | 18.7 |