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Table 1 Summary of the case study sites

From: Taxonomy of delays in the implementation of hospital computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems for prescribing: a longitudinal qualitative study

Site

Site characteristics

System description

Delay

A

Urban, acute care, university hospital

330,000 patients per year

- CPOE/CDS is a standalone application

- System is widely used by several English hospitals, further implementations in progress

Project delayed less than 6 month

B

Urban, acute care

3,000,000 patients per year

- CPOE/CDS as part of an integrated hospital information system

- System has several implementations in progress and is live in several English hospitals

Project delayed less than 6 month

C

Urban, acute care, university hospital

750,000 patients per year

- CPOE/CDS as a standalone application, interfaces built to enable decision support and interoperability with the wider hospital information systems

- System is widely used by several English hospitals

Project delayed less than 6 month

D

Urban, acute care, university hospital

3,500,000 patients per year

- CPOE/CDS as part of an integrated hospital information system

- Part of a joint procurement program

- System has several implementations in progress and is live in several English hospitals

Project delayed less than 6 month

E

Urban, acute care

550,000 patients per year

- CPOE/CDS as a standalone application

- System is new to UK market (no prior implementations)

Rollout delayed almost three years

F

Urban, acute care, university hospital

540,000 patients per year

- CPOE/CDS as part of an integrated hospital information system

- Part of a joint procurement program

- System has several implementations in progress and is live in several English hospitals

Project delayed less than 6 month