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Table 1 Participants and recruitment

From: Understanding the implementation and adoption of a technological intervention to improve medication safety in primary care: a realist evaluation

Participants

Role

Use of EMOS

Interviews

 GP1-INT

General Practitioner

In general practice and as prescribing lead of Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) medicines management team

 GP2

General Practitioner

In general practice and as respiratory lead at CCG

 GP3

General Practitioner

In general practice

 CCGP1

CCG Pharmacist

Medication reviews in care homes

 CCGP2

CCG Pharmacist

CCG medicines management team

Focus group A - General Practitioners

 GP4

General Practitioner

In general practice

 GP1-FG

General Practitioner

In practice and as prescribing lead of CCG medicines management team

Focus group B – Community Pharmacists

 CP1

Community Pharmacist

Aware of, but no access

 CP2

Community Pharmacist

Aware of, but no access

 CP3

Community Pharmacist

Aware of, but no access

 CP4

Community Pharmacist

Aware of, but no access

Focus Group C – Patients

 Pt1

Patient

Access through patient passport

 Pt2

Patient

Access through patient passport

 Pt3

Patient

Access through patient passport

 Pt4

Patient

Access through patient passport

Focus Group D - General practice managers

 GPM1

General Practice Manager

In general practice

 GPM2

General Practice Manager

In general practice

 GPM3

General Practice Manager

In general practice

 GPM4

General Practice Manager

In general practice

Observation

 CCGP1

CCG Pharmacist

Medication reviews in care homes

  1. A number of possible participants were approached but declined to participate. Predominantly this was for reasons of time, workload or lack of use of the system. These included 2 pharmacist technicians, 2 GPs, 2 community pharmacists and 8 general practice managers