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Table 5 Factors deemed important for implementing shared medication list

From: Health professionals’ experience and perceived obstacles with managing patients’ medication information in Norway: cross-sectional survey

Category

Respondents, n (%)

Doctors

Nurses

Clear responsibility to update and organize medication information

45 (36.3)

14 (29.8)

Coordinate with existing systems and healthcare actors

39 (31.5)

4 (8.5)

Intuitive, secure login, streamlined

16 (12.9)

9 (19.1)

Accurate, automated medication lists

17 (13.7)

2 (4.3)

A monitoring, quality control, alert system

10 (8.1)

15 (31.9)

Training and incentives for general practitioners

8 (6.5)

1 (2.1)

Allow patients access their medication lists

2 (1.6)

NA

Electronic multidose management platform

4 (3.2)

NA

  1. The total number of factors identified by doctors (n = 141) exceeds the total number of doctors (n = 124) reporting in this free-text question because some responses were associated with multiple factors. Frequencies were calculated using 124 doctors and 47 nurses as the denominator