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Table 2 Description of the type of alerts generated by OntoPharma and the acceptance rate

From: OntoPharma: ontology based clinical decision support system to reduce medication prescribing errors

Type of alert

Frequency n (%)

Acceptance rate n (%)

Maximum dosage alert

388 (47.1)

181 (46.6)

Drug-drug interaction checker

177 (21.5)

80 (45.2)

Renal failure adjustment

249 (30.3)

131 (52.6)

Drug allergy checker

9 (1.1)

9 (100.0)