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Table 2 Number of participants making omission and commission errors

From: Automation bias in electronic prescribing

Scenario complexity

Quality of Decision Support

Control (No CDS)

Correct CDS

Incorrect CDS

Omission

Commission

Omission

Commission

Omission

Commission

No alert

No alert

True positive alert

True negative alert

False negative alert

False positive alert

(n = 120)

(n = 120)

(n = 120)

(n = 120)

(n = 120)

(n = 120)

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Low

55

45.8

4

3.3

9

7.5

5

4.2

95

79.2

83

69.2

Low + Interrupta

46

54.8

5

6

8

8.2

1

1

92

79.3

69

59.5

High

58

48.3

15

12.5

11

9.2

12

10

90

75

77

64.2

Total

159

49.1

24

7.4

28

8.3

18

5.3

277

77.8

229

64.3

  1. aNumber of participants in low + interrupt conditions: Control (n = 84), Correct DS (n = 98), and Incorrect DS (n = 116)