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Table 3 Prescription-Fscores of all prescriptions and of individual prescription categories

From: The impact of a computerized physician order entry system implementation on 20 different criteria of medication documentation—a before-and-after study

 

Paper-based

CPOE

P value

Mean value (SD)

n

Mean value (SD)

n

All prescriptions

57.4% (± 12.0%)

1850

89.8% (± 7.2%)

1592

 < 0.001

Standard peroral prescriptions

62.6% (± 10.1%)

1051

90.7% (± 6.6%)

990

 < 0.001

Prescriptions with a risky administration route

54.4% (± 10.4%)

265

87.8% (± 7.8%)

200

 < 0.001

Prescriptions as needed

47.0% (± 9.6%)

452

88.5% (± 8.0%)

362

 < 0.001

Other prescriptions

58.6% (± 11.3%)

82

90.2% (± 6.1%)

40

 < 0.001

  1. CPOE, computerized physician order entry; prescription-Fscore, fulfilment score per prescription; n, number; SD, standard deviation