Identifying the data elements and functionalities of clinical decision support systems to administer medication for neonates and pediatrics: a systematic literature review

Norouzi, Somaye; Galavi, Zahra; Ahmadian, Leila

doi:10.1186/s12911-023-02355-5

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Table 2 List of functionalities extracted from papers (n = 12) (see S File 3 for Functionalities definitions)

From: Identifying the data elements and functionalities of clinical decision support systems to administer medication for neonates and pediatrics: a systematic literature review

Functionality	Setting					Type of functionality
Functionality	Pediatric Emergency	NICU	PICU	Pediatric Chemotherapy	General Pediatric	General	Specific to MACDSS
Drug dosage calculation	√ [34, 35, 37, 43, 45]	√ [41]	√ [41]	√ [38]	√ [36, 44]		√
Calculating dilution of drug and Dose volume	√ [34, 35, 37, 43, 45]	√ [41]	√ [41]				√
Calculating drug rates of infusion	√ [37, 43, 45]	√ [41]	√ [41]				√
Keeping the history of information in system	√ [37]	√ [41, 42]	√ [41]	√ [38, 40]		√
Using alarms and alerts in the system & type of alert	√ [37] Alarm for validating selection of look-alike/ sound-alike medication	√ [42] Real-time notification about medication error event	√ [41] Alert for out of range dose-alert for high alerts medications	√ [38] Weekly advice on modifications of oral chemotherapeutic agents, and rational for its proposal	√ [44] Alert for out of range insulin dose	√
	√ [34] Alert for out-of-range dose	√ [41] Alert for out of range dose -Alert for high alerts medications		√ [40] Alert for missing order, Wrong Dose, Wrong route, Wrong schedule	√ [44] Alert for out of range insulin dose	√
Displaying the status of stages of the medication use process	√ [37]	√ [41]	√ [41]	√ [40]			√
Having the capability to share information with other institutions	√ [37, 43]					√
Having the capability to edit drug information in the system	√ [37]	√ [41]	√ [41]	√ [38, 40]		√
Providing a visual image and color text in the system	√ [34, 37, 45]	√ [41, 42]	√ [41]		√ [36]		√
Providing additional information about medicine to the user	√ [34, 43]	√ [41]	√ [41]		√ [36, 39, 44]		√
Having the capability to clear information in the system	√ [34, 43, 45]					√
Having the capability to search information in the system	√ [43, 45]	√ [41]	√ [41]			√
Having the capability to log in/out of the system	√ [43]			√ [38]		√
Having the capability to lookup by barcode in the system	√ [37, 43, 44]						√
Having the capability to modify dose in the system	√ [37]						√
Displaying drug administration route	√ [35, 37, 43, 45]	√ [41]	√ [41]	√ [38]			√
Displaying dose form/dosage regimen	√ [37, 45]	√ [41]	√ [41]		√ [36, 39, 44]		√
Displaying medication preparation steps	√ [37, 45]	√ [41]	√ [41]				√

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