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 physician order entry systems at pediatric hospitals were found to identify potential patient safety threats with varying success, according to research published in Journal of the ...

The combination of well-designed patient-controlled analgesia pumps, pre-printed physician orders and nursing education can reduce overall PCA administration errors and pump-programming errors, ...

Cedars-Sinai Will Not Restart Computer Physician Order Entry System Before 2006, Official Says Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles will not restart its computerized physician order entry system ...

Computerized physician order entry systems appear to increase risk for 22 forms of medication errors, despite the "conventional wisdom that computerized ordering systems significantly reduce ...

Only 30 percent of 1,859 measured hospitals fully meet the Leapfrog Group patient safety standard for use of bar code medication administration technology, but a significant 74 percent fully meet the ...

In this article, we assume that your health system has made the decision to implement (or at least investigate the feasibility of) a computerized prescriber order-entry (CPOE) system and that most of ...

User satisfaction with a computerized practitioner order-entry (POE) system at two military health care facilities was studied. A survey was mailed in May 1998 to providers authorized to enter drug ...

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 ...

Objective: Understanding provider perceptions of and experiences with order entry and order checks (drug alerts) in an electronic prescribing system may help improve medication safety technology.

If you’ve been hospitalized recently, you’ve probably been asked your name and date of birth more than any other time in your life. Nurses aren’t asking those questions to frustrate patients. They’re ...