Research Paper: The Utility of Adding Retrospective Medication Profiling to Computerized Provider Order Entry in an Ambulatory Care Population

Electronically Prescribing: A new Policy in Iranian Hospitals

Medication Errors (MEs) as one of the most important medical errors in hospitals are common, expensive, and sometimes harmful to patients. Several strategies such as Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) and wristband barcoding are used for decreasing MEs. The role of new technologies is emphasized in the policies and planning in the health system in Iran. Worldwide, CPOE is a new technology...

Implementing an Ambulatory e-Prescribing System: Strategies Employed and Lessons Learned to Minimize Unintended Consequences

Electronic health records are thought to improve quality of care; computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems are believed to reduce medication errors. Yet, research suggests that implementation of new technologies revises existing sociotechnical systems and introduces unpredicted and unintended consequences, including the generation of new types of errors. We narrate development and imple...

Attitudes and Knowledge of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences Nurses Regarding the Implementation of Computerized Physician Order Entry

Introduction: Despite potential benefits of CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) systems, recent studies have cast some doubts on their role in reducing errors. CPOE systems with poorly designed interfaces have proven to cause dissatisfaction and introduce new kinds of errors in the ordering process. The main objective of this study is to identify problems related to a CPOE medication syst...

Ambulatory Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE): Findings from the AHRQ Health IT Portfolio

The Effects of Computerized Provider Order Entry on Medication Turn-around Time: A Time-to-first Dose Study at the Providence Portland Medical Center

As the Providence Health System is phasing in its Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) system at the Providence Portland Medical Center, we conducted a study to demonstrate the effects of CPOE on medication turn-around time. Retrospectively, we tracked and compared medication orders that were placed via the existing paper-based system and the CPOE system. The results of this study coincide ...