Nursing errors and Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

Ambulatory Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

Inpatient Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

Indication-based prescribing prevents wrong-patient medication errors in computerized provider order entry (CPOE)

OBJECTIVE To determine whether indication-based computer order entry alerts intercept wrong-patient medication errors. MATERIALS AND METHODS At an academic medical center serving inpatients and outpatients, we developed and implemented a clinical decision support system to prompt clinicians for indications when certain medications were ordered without an appropriately coded indication on the ...

Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) Systems

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems are designed to reduce medication errors. The best evidence to date demonstrates that patients who experience adverse drug events (ADEs) that are preventable have, on average, longer hospital lengths of stay (by approximately two to four-and-a-half days) and higher hospital costs (between $2,000 to almost $5,000). Researchers and practitioners h...

The Impact of Computerized Provider Order Entry on Nursing Practice

Health information systems, such as Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), are suggested to be used as an intervention for addressing errors that arise in the medication process. Nurses are involved in all stages of the medication process; however, little is known about the impact of using CPOE on nursing practice. A grounded theory approach was employed to answer the question of "How do nur...