Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) is an important element of the electronic health record. However, there has been some difficulty with user acceptance. This is of [...]

Concern about safety and, likewise, errors in medicine exploded after the first Institute of Medicine report “To Err is Human: building a safer health system” in 1999. (1 [...]

Health information technologies (HIT) such as electronic health records (EHRs), and computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems. clinical decision support systems (C [...]

Building on previously developed ontology for clinical orders, this work undertakes to answer questions about the usefulness of continued ontology development. Three ques [...]

Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) is an integral part of a successful clinical information system. In CPOE, clinical users directly enter medications, laborato [...]

Medical informatics transforms medicine through the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and computerized physician order entry. Prescriptions created by computerized [...]

Age is an important risk factor of mortality for patients with sepsis. Electronic Bio-surveillance systems used to track sepsis have a high sensitivity and specificity fo [...]

Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) is a good thing for several reasons. It is expected that CPOE will improve patient safety by supporting clinical decision suppor [...]

Timely and accurate documentation of medical information remains a formidable challenge in healthcare. This challenge has persisted despite rapid advances in computer tec [...]

Pediatric medication dosing is a complex process with many unique considerations not seen in other healthcare populations. Vendor-supplied dosing rule databases are comme [...]