Alerts generated (n=13080 in 8931 visits) | Alerts seen* (n=807) | Alerts revised (n=80) | ||||
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n | % | n | Percentage seen (of alerts generated) | n | Percentage revised (of alerts seen) | |
Type of alert | ||||||
Drug–disease contraindication | 5606 | 42.9 | 144 | 2.6 | 16 | 11.1 |
Cumulative side effects | 3109 | 23.8 | 112 | 3.6 | 8 | 7.1 |
Drug–age contraindication | 1600 | 12.2 | 293 | 18.3 | 30 | 10.2 |
Therapy duplication | 1345 | 10.3 | 102 | 7.6 | 8 | 7.8 |
Drug interaction | 1087 | 8.3 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 2.3 |
Excess dose | 126 | 1 | 88 | 69.8 | 13 | 14.8 |
Renal dose adjustment | 122 | 0.9 | 12 | 9.8 | 2 | 16.7 |
Drug or potential cross allergy | 31 | 0.2 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 11.1 |
Other | 54 | 0.4 | 4 | 7.4 | 1 | 25 |
Severity of alert | ||||||
Severe | 387 | 3 | 315 | 81.4 | 51 | 16.2 |
Serious | 6797 | 52 | 462 | 6.8 | 29 | 8.8 |
Moderate | 5896 | 45.1 | 30 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
Therapeutic class of drug(s) causing alert† | ||||||
Antidepressants | 5886 | 45 | 239 | 4.1 | 9 | 3.8 |
Antipsychotics | 1531 | 11.7 | 62 | 4 | 14 | 22.6 |
Anticonvulsants | 990 | 7.6 | 42 | 4.2 | 4 | 9.5 |
Benzodiazepines | 4033 | 30.8 | 250 | 6.2 | 33 | 13.2 |
Opioids | 1781 | 13.6 | 56 | 3.1 | 5 | 8.9 |
Other psychoactive classes | 2725 | 21 | 272 | 10 | 24 | 8.8 |
*All alerts generated by a patient's profile of active or newly prescribed medication are available for a physician to view, and those shown in an ‘interruptive’ manner are a function of the alert setting preferences that is, set by the physician in accordance with severity (mild, moderate and severe).
†The sum of the alerts by drug class may exceed the total as an alert may be associated with more than one drug class.