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J Am Med Inform Assoc 9:223-229 doi:10.1197/jamia.M1001
  • Focus on Extending Clinical Communication

Clinician Use of a Palmtop Drug Reference Guide

Table 3

Effects of Rx on Clinician Behavior, Practice Efficiency, and Patient Care

Effects Yes Responses
No. %
On clinician behavior:
 Increased self-reported drug knowledge 746 78.9
 Improved drug-related decisions 760 80.3
 Clinical decisions affected by Rx use
  0–1 decisions/week 262 27.7
  1–5 decisions/week 535 56.6
  >5 decisions/week 149 15.7
On practice efficiency
 Outpatient practice efficiency improved* 651 86.3
 Inpatient practice efficiency improved† 673 87.1
 Estimated time saved with Rx use
  0–30 sec/encounter 384 40.6
  30–60 sec/encounter 282 29.8
  1–3 min/encounter 197 20.8
  >3 min/encounter 83 8.8
On patient care:
 Better able to inform patients 785 83
 Patients more satisfied with care 511 54
 Reduced potential ADEs 597 63.1
 Estimated frequency of reduced ADEs
  None 475 50.2
  1–2/week 405 42.8
  >2/week 66 7

  • ↵* Among 754 respondents (physicians and medical students) caring for outpatients.

  • ↵† Among 773 respondents (physicians and medical students) caring for inpatients.

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