Table 2 Site and participant characteristics
| Â | Hospital details | Participant details | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site | Location | Size | Type | Roles included in sample | Total number | Vendor or home-grown | Integrated or best of breed (BoB) |
Site 1 | UK | ~ 760 beds | Teaching hospital | Pharmacy managers, analysts, pharmacists, nurses, information officers | 6 | Vendor | BoB |
Site 2 | UK | ~800 beds | Teaching hospital | Pharmacy managers, physicians, analysts, pharmacists, nurses, other ancillary care | 13 | Vendor | Integrated |
Site 3 | Netherlands | 953 beds | Teaching hospital | Clinical pharmacist, nurses, chief clinical information officer | 5 | Vendor | Integrated |
Site 4 | Norway | 1,870 beds | Teaching hospital | Pharmacy, physician, nurses, central health I.T clinician | 5 | Â | Â |
Site 5 | US | ~ 80 beds | Paediatric Cancer hospital | Pharmacy managers, physicians, analysts, information officers | 9 | Vendor | Integrated |
Site 6 | US | ~ 800 beds | Teaching hospital | Pharmacy managers, physicians, analysts, pharmacists | 8 | Vendor | Integrated |
Site 7 | US | ~ 670 beds | Teaching hospital | Physicians, nurses | 3 | Home-grown | BoB |
Site 8 | US | ~ 1500 beds | Teaching hospital | Pharmacy managers, physicians, pharmacists, information officers | 5 | Vendor | Integrated |
Site 9 | US | ~ 20,000a | Healthcare provider | Informatics and pharmacy leads | 2 | Home-grown | Integrated |