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Table 4 Respondents' perceived strengths with ePrescribing

From: Physicians' attitudes towards ePrescribing – evaluation of a Swedish full-scale implementation

Question

Opiniona

n

%b

What strengths do you associate with the EHR-system that you use for ePrescribing? Describe the events or features you find particularly easy/good.c

  
 

Fast and easy

54

30

 

Easy to renew prescriptions

38

21

 

Gives a good overview, particularly the list of drugs prescribed to a patient within the health care region

23

13

 

Information transfer between different features of the EHR-system, e.g. prescribed drugs are automatically archived in the patients health record

21

12

 

The overview of patient's prescribed drugs

17

9

 

Improved safety

16

9

 

Easy access to the drug reference list (FASS)d

11

6

 

Clear information on e.g. packaging and price

7

4

 

Everything/the most

5

3

 

Drug interaction alerts

4

2

 

Other

20

11

 

Total (135 respondents)

216

 
  1. a Respondents expressed their opinions in free text answers which have been categorised. b Part (%) of the total number of respondents (N = 180). c Completeness rate 0.75 (135/180). d Pharmaceutical Specialties in Sweden.