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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

Physicians at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services can now enter patient orders directly into a computer, speeding up treatments and reducing possible treatment and prescription errors. Penrose-St.

(HealthDay)—Use of a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system can improve compliance with antimicrobial restriction policies, according to a study published online Nov. 16 in the Journal of ...