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Table 5 Respondents' perceived weaknesses with ePrescribing

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

Question

Opiniona

n

%b

What weaknesses do you associate with the EHR-system that you use for ePrescribing? Describe the events or features that you think are particularly hard/not so good.c

  
 

Drug choice is complicated

38

21

 

No link between ePrescriptions and ApoDos/e-Dosd

21

12

 

Complicated in general, e.g. many mouse clicks

20

11

 

The cancel-/return function is inadequate

16

9

 

Satisfied

10

6

 

Several patients can be displayed at the same time

8

4

 

ePrescription for extemporaneous preparations, non-approved drugs, and to patients seeking asylum is impossible/hard

7

4

 

Do not get a receipt from the pharmacy

5

3

 

Discontinuation of treatment is complicated

5

3

 

The overview of the patient's prescribed drugs is disordered

5

3

 

Insufficient warning of drug interactions

3

2

 

No warning of too high doses

2

1

 

Too easy

2

1

 

Other

28

16

 

Total (139 respondents)

170

 
  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 0.77 (139/180). d Multi-Dose drug dispensing