Table 1

Frequency of review of medication charts on general medicine rounds


No. of Patients Seen on Ward Round
Frequency of Medication Chart Review

Routine Ward Rounds


A
7
100%
B
15
87%
C
8
87%
D
11
82%
E
6
67%
F
8
75%
G
11
73%
H
11
45%
Mean
10
77%



Post Admission Rounds


A
15
80%
B
12
67%
C
17
41%
D
17
76%
E
11
64%
F
17
76%
G
12
50%
H
21
67%
Mean
15
65%

Each letter (from A to H) represents an individual physician. Each physician was observed on both a routine ward round and on a post admission round.

Li Looi and Black BMC Clinical Pharmacology 2008 8:9   doi:10.1186/1472-6904-8-9