The guiding principle of CPOE systems is that they allow physician orders to be easily tracked and hence ensure improved patient care. However, a series of recent articles and insight from users of ...
A few weeks ago I toured a hospital that had recently adopted computerized physician order entry (CPOE). We visited a patient room on the Med-Surge floor, where a nurse explained what happens in an ...
Effect of an Electronic Health Record on the Culture of an Outpatient Medical Oncology Practice in a Four-Hospital Integrated Health Care System: 5-Year Experience This study is a retrospective chart ...
Although the concept of evidence-based order sets was introduced many years ago, healthcare providers are moving toward adopting evidence-based order sets in increasing numbers and integrating such ...
In July, the Leapfrog Group released a report on computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems that contained some discouraging findings. Over the course of a year and a half, the healthcare ...
Hospitals have been heavily computerized for decades, but those systems have done little for physicians. It’s ironic: Physicians are avid users of technology that actually helps them — witness the ...
Substantial emphasis has been put on getting hospitals to install and use computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems as a cure for medication errors. But several studies have shown that CPOE ...
From 2008 to 2012, a sample of completed chemotherapy orders were reviewed by a pharmacist for the number and type of errors as part of routine performance ...
Bob Sarnecki, CIO at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the nation, figures the second time rolling out CPOE will be a charm. Well, not so much “a charm,” as ...
The final selection process requires an even greater level of research and analysis. However, this dedication to proper due diligence will ensure the selection of a CPOE system that reflects your ...
San Diego—CIOs from hospitals large and small last week said they remain reluctant to deploy computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and automated medical records systems, despite a three-year push ...
The market for computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems is expected to reach $1.5 billion by 2018, according to a report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. The United States is the largest ...