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J Am Med Inform Assoc 15:449-452 doi:10.1197/jamia.M2561
  • Focus on Safe e-Prescribing

Evaluation of an Inpatient Computerized Medication Reconciliation System

Table 1

Responses to the Question “PAML Builder would be easier to use if:”

Category Number of Answers (% of the Total)
Prescribers Nonprescribers
Total number of responders to the question 137 96
Order entry integration 45 (33) 2 (2.1)
Interface 24 (18) 11 (12)
Better clinician compliance 2 (1.5) 19 (20)
Better medication information sources 15 (11) 4 (4.2)
Fewer annoying prompts 14 (10) 1 (1.0)
Better training 5 (3.6) 7 (7.3)
Exposure too limited to judge 2 (1.5) 8 (8.3)
The application was faster 8 (5.8) 1 (1.0)
Nurses entered the medications 2 (1.5) 6 (6.3)
Patients knew their medications 0 (0) 7 (7.3)
Other 11 (8.0) 17 (18)
  • Distribution of answers to the free-text question “PAML Builder would be easier to use if:”. All answers were manually classified into one of the above categories.

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