During 9 months of configuration effort, 30 medical logic modules and 110 order sets were developed to support pediatric oncology. The proportion of chemotherapy orders submitted using specific ...

Computerized provider order entry systems in the emergency department can reduce medication errors, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine. Researchers conducted a literature review of ...

The number of medication errors reported per discharge in the two affected units was significantly higher after than before implementation of the CPOE system. However, because of non-CPOE-related ...

A study conducted by University of Pennsylvania researchers assessed the effectiveness of using a computerized physician order entry system to reduce orders for anticoagulant medication warfarin in ...

Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems can introduce unintended patient harms and it will take more than better design to eliminate them, according to Robert L. Wears, a professor in the ...

Providing physicians with a computerized order entry/decision support system that provides immediate feedback regarding imaging appropriateness at the time of ordering may be an effective solution to ...

A hospital-wide computerized system that allows physicians and nurses to order prescriptions and tests reduces the time it takes to get medications to patients and cuts resistance to one common ...

We agree with Dr. Patmas that "pay-for-performance" and peer comparisons are techniques that have proved useful in modifying physician behavior in practice. The peer comparison is a tool we currently ...

A 16-month observational review was conducted at UNC Hospitals, a 688-bed academic hospital. CPOE was implemented at UNC Hospitals in an incremental fashion. The Siemens Medical Solutions CPOE system ...

Providing physicians with a computerized order entry/decision support system that provides immediate feedback regarding imaging appropriateness at the time of ordering may be an effective solution to ...