Set of themes and subthemes generated from included papers
| Themes and subthemes | Summary description |
| Contextualising the implementation and impact of electronic prescribing (ePrescribing) or computerised provider/physician order entry (CPOE) systems in hospitals | Authors’ descriptions/interpretations and primary data reporting on contextual factors and/or actions that that had taken place prior to system implementation. |
| Preparing the organisation for change | |
| Preparing stakeholders for change | |
| Factors affecting the implementation process of ePrescribing/CPOE systems | Authors’ descriptions/interpretations and primary data reporting on process-related issues. |
| Factors positively impacting the implementation process | |
| Factors negatively impacting the implementation process | |
| Positive and negative implications of ePrescribing/CPOE systems | Authors’ descriptions/interpretations and primary data reporting on impact-related issues in terms of benefits/problems, both in practice and/or at the organisational level. |
| Positive practice implications | |
| Negative practice implications | |
| Positive organisational implications | |
| Negative organisational implications | |
| Mixed impacts and change processes | Authors’ descriptions/interpretations and primary data reporting on impact-related issues that are not clear benefits/problems and/or focus on documenting change processes, both in practice and/or at the organisational levels. |
| Change in practice | |
| Change at the organisational level |