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Table 6
Amount of faxes sent and calls made to General Practitioners and pharmacists per shift regarding prescription issues
		Median number of faxes sent to pharmacy during a shift Mean (range)	Median number of calls to pharmacy during a shift Mean (range)	Median number of faxes sent to GP for all prescription- related issues during a shift Mean (range)	Median number of calls to GP for all prescription-related issues during a shift Mean (range)
	Managers and HIOs	3.5	2.5	0.3	0.0
		2.5	2.5	2.1	0.5
		(0–4)	(0–5)	(0–8)	(0–2)
		N = 3	N = 3	N = 4	N = 4
Staff type	RNs	3.0	2.5	0.3	0.0
		3.5	3.1	3.1	2.8
		(1–7.5)	(0–20)	(0–15)	(0.5-15)
		N = 21	N = 21	N = 22	N = 19
	ENs and AINs	1	1.5	1.5	1.0
		2.5	1.9	2.9	2.0
		(0–20)	(0–10)	(0–10)	(0–25)
		N = 24	N = 22	N = 29	N = 22
	Mainly paper	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
		0.9	1.0	2.3	0.6
		(0–3)	(0–3)	(0–9)	(0–2)
		N = 15	N = 13	N = 17	N = 13
Facility documentation System	Mostly computers	2.5	2.0	2.0	1.0
		4.2	2.7	2.8	2.7
		(0–20)	(0–10)	(0–10)	(0–25)
		N = 17	N = 17	N = 21	N = 16
	Nearly paperless	3.0	2.8	2.5	2.0
		3.6	3.5	3.6	3.1
		(1–7.5)	(0–20)	(0.5-15)	(1.5-15)
		N = 16	N = 16	N = 17	N = 16
Total - all participants		2.0	2.0	1.5	1.5
		2.9	2.5	2.9	2.2
		(0–20)	(0–20)	(0–15)	(0–25)
		N = 48	N = 46	N = 55	N = 45

Gaskin et al. BMC Geriatrics 2012 12:40 doi:10.1186/1471-2318-12-40

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