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 ...

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 ...

A study published in JAMA Surgery examined whether computerized provider order entry events can decrease manual medical record review for surveillance of postoperative complications. Researcher ...

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 ...

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 ...

NYU Medical Center enabled docs training on its computerized provider order entry system to earn CME credit, reports Healthcare IT News. Docs, nurses and other clinicians took classes. Docs received ...

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 ...

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 ...

If your clients are like mine, the projects that really get their attention are those that eliminate repetitive tasks or save them time and money. If you can help them with all three, as I did on a ...

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 ...