Table 2. Percent of hospitalizations during which a physician ordered therapy for a patient eligible to receive preventive therapy, May 1997 through October 1998

Therapy	Computer reminder	No computer reminder
Pneumococcal vaccine	35.8	0.8
Influenza vaccine	51.4	1.0
Subcutaneous heparin	32.2	18.9
Aspirin at discharge	36.4	27.6

Source: Dexter PR, Perkins S, Overhage JM, et al. A computerized reminder system to increase the use of preventive care for hospitalized patients. N Engl J Med 2001;345(13):965-70.

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