Table 4 Comparison of appropriate override rates between provider groups by prescription type
Provider prescription type | No. of appropriate overrides/no. of overridden alerts (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physicians (n = 21) | Nurse practitioners (n = 9) | |||||
High frequency overriders | Low frequency overriders | χ 2(P)† | High frequency overriders | Low frequency overriders | χ 2(P)† | |
New | 1/16 (6.3) | 1/7 (14.3) | 0.40 (0.5257) | 0/12 (0.0) | 0/9 (0.0) | 0.0 |
Renew | 33/100 (33.0) | 22/50 (44.0) | 1.74 (0.1875) | 10/27 (37.0) | 7/29 (24.1) | 1.10 (02942) |