The Effect of Regimen Frequency Simplification on Provider Order Generation: A Quasi-Experimental Study in a Korean Hospital

Jungwon Cho, Sangmi Shin, Young Mi Jeong, Eunsook Lee and Euni Lee
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Jungwon Cho: Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si 13620, Korea
Sangmi Shin: Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si 13620, Korea
Young Mi Jeong: Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si 13620, Korea
Eunsook Lee: Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si 13620, Korea
Euni Lee: Department of Pharmacy, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si 13620, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 8, 1-10

Abstract: The multiplicity of dosing frequencies that are attached to medication orders poses a challenge to patients regarding adhering to their medication regimens and healthcare professionals in maximizing the efficiencies of health care service delivery. A multidisciplinary team project was performed to simplify medication regimens to improve the computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system to reduce the dosing frequencies for patients who were discharged from the hospital. A 36-month pre-test–post-test study was performed, including 12-month pre-intervention, 12-month intervention, and 12-month post-intervention periods. Two-pronged strategies, including regimen standardization and prioritization, were devised to evaluate the dosing frequencies and prescribing efficiency. The results showed that the standardized menu reduced the dosing frequencies from 4.3 ± 2.2 per day in the pre-intervention period to 3.5 ± 1.8 per day in the post-intervention period ( p < 0.001). In addition, the proportion of patients taking medications five or more times per day decreased from 40.8% to 20.7% ( p < 0.001). After prioritizing the CPOE dosing regimen, the number of pull-down options that were available reflected an improvement in the prescribing efficiency. Our findings indicate that concerted efforts in improving even a simple change on the CPOE screen via standardization and prioritization simplified the dosing frequencies for patients and improved the physicians’ prescribing process.

Keywords: dosing frequency; medication regimen simplification; health information systems; medical order entry systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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