Ambulatory Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

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

ASHP Guidelines on Pharmacy Planning for Implementation of Computerized Provider-Order- Entry Systems in Hospitals and Health Systems

The purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance to pharmacists in hospitals and health systems on planning for, implementing, and enhancing safe computerized providerorder-entry (CPOE) systems. To date, most CPOE guidelines have concentrated on the functionality required of a CPOE system, despite the fact that most CPOE system implementations occur using commercial systems whose function...

Research Paper: Preparation and Use of Preconstructed Orders, Order Sets, and Order Menus in a Computerized Provider Order Entry System

OBJECTIVE To describe the configuration and use of the computerized provider order entry (CPOE) system used for inpatient and outpatient care at the authors' facility. DESIGN Description of order configuration entities, use patterns, and configuration changes in a production CPOE system. MEASUREMENTS The authors extracted and analyzed the content of order configuration entities (order dialo...

Increasing Recognition of Wrong-Patient Errors through Improved Interface Design of a Computerized Provider Order Entry System

Wrong-patient errors from inadvertent menu selections while using computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems could have fatal consequences. This study investigated whether the manipulation of CPOE interface design could improve healthcare providers’ ability to recognize patient selection errors and also decrease the time to error recognition. Using a 2x2 design, 120 participants were rand...

Inpatient Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)