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Table 2 Details of the CPOE systems in use

From: Physicians' Perceptions on the usefulness of contextual information for prioritizing and presenting alerts in computerized physician order entry systems

 

Amsterdam

Copenhagen

Denain

Sofia

CPOE name

Medicator/ESV

EPM

CPOE module of DxCare

Medica

CPOE vendor

iSoft

Accure/IBM

Medasys

Home-grown/Macrosoft

Year of CPOE introduction

2004

Glostrup: 2009

2003

2010

  

Herlev: 2007

  
  

Hillerød: 2006

  

Type of alerting

Automatic alerts1

Automatic alerts1

Optional alerts2

Automatic alerts1

Basic CDS functionalities according to Kuperman[13]

Drug-allergy checking

 

X

  

Basic dosing guidance

X

 

X

X

Formulary decision support

    

Duplicate therapy checking

X

X

  

Drug-drug interaction checking

X

X

X

 

Advanced CDS functionalities according to Kuperman[13]

None implemented (advanced dosing guidance, guidance for medication-related laboratory testing, drug-disease contraindication checking, drug-pregnancy checking).

  1. 1Automatic alerts are triggered by the system and pop up automatically. 2Optional alerts are triggered by the user and only pop up if the user explicitly asks for advice (e.g. by clicking a “check prescription” button).