Order sets are collections of orders that can be entered into a patient's chart in a single step. Order sets can improve the physician's efficiency and satisfaction with [...]

Data entry is defined as entering Data into a computer, usually a database or a spreadsheet. New technologies such as automated forms processing have demonstrated the abi [...]

EHRs and CPOE promise to improve the quality and safety of healthcare, but published evidence suggests the potential for harm as well. Efforts like CCHIT have emerged to [...]

At Partners Health Care System, drug-drug interaction (DDI) alerts are presented at three levels of severity to clinicians at the time of ordering medications. The object [...]

Overly simplistic or complex user interfaces of Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) systems may impede clinical efficiency and the decision-making process by increas [...]

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 demon [...]

Iatrogenic injuries are common among hospitalized patients and are frequently preventable. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that an estimated 44,000 to 98,000 peo [...]

Prescription data in computerized provider order entry systems contain a wealth of information about medication utilization. Appropriateness of therapy and provider presc [...]

Healthcare providers place a variety of orders in many clinical contexts ambulatory inpatient emergency departments and beyond. Laboratory tests are a ubiquitous and some [...]