Pharmacist interventions after implementation of computerized prescriber order entry

Pharmacist interventions after implementation of computerized prescriber order entry.

Meaningful use of computerized prescriber order entry.

OBJECTIVE It is the objective of this article to provide a guide to health care providers adopting computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) and to explain recent developments of important concepts and initiatives such as "meaningful use" that will have significant impact on successful implementation of CPOE. The specific goals are to discuss key concepts relating to the NEW ARRA/HITECH-EHR me...

Ambulatory Computerized Physician Order Entry Implementation

As part of broader effort to identify success factors for implementing computerized physician order entry(CPOE), factors specific to the ambulatory setting were investigated in the field at Kaiser Permanente Northwest. A multidisciplinary team of five qualitative researchers spent seven months at four clinics conducting observations, interviews, and focus groups. The team analyzed the data usin...

Cost analysis before and after implementation of a computerized physician order entry order form for enoxaparin.

OBJECTIVE The authors sought to analyze the impact of a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) order form for enoxaparin sodium injection (Lovenox) to reduce the daily cost of drug therapy by switching appropriate patients to once-daily enoxaparin administration. METHODS The study population included patients older than 18 years of age who had been treated with enoxaparin from September 1 ...

The epidemiology of prescribing errors: the potential impact of computerized prescriber order entry.

BACKGROUND Adverse drug events (ADEs) are the most common cause of injury to hospitalized patients and are often preventable. Medication errors resulting in preventable ADEs most commonly occur at the prescribing stage. OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology of medication prescribing errors averted by pharmacists and to assess the likelihood that these errors would be prevented by implementi...