Different completed features of medication orders using the Imperial Drug Chart Evaluation and Adoption Study (IDEAS) chart and the existing Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT) charts
| IDEAS Chart (% of 164 medication orders) | ICHNT Chart (% of 174 medication orders) | Significant difference at 5% level after Holm-Bonferroni (p value) | IDEAS chart shows significant improvement at 5% level (p value) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Was the prescription legible? | Yes | 164 (100%) | 169 (97%) | No (0.061) | No difference |
| Was the dose correctly entered? | Yes | 164 (100%) | 166 (95%) | Yes (0.007) | Yes (0.0046) |
| Was the prescriber's signature entered? | Yes | 163 (99%) | 171 (98%) | No (0.623) | No difference |
| Was prescriber's bleep number entered? | Yes | 137 (84%) | 55 (32%) | Yes (<0.0001) | Yes (<0.0001) |
| Was frequency of medications entered correctly? | Yes | 120 (96%) (n=125) | 15 (11%) (n=132) | Yes (<0.0001) | Yes (<0.0001) |
| Was the prescriber's name entered and legible | Yes | 163 (99%) | 0 (0%) | Yes (<0.0001) | Yes (<0.0001) |