Optimizing Pediatric Esmolol Dosing Using Computerized Practitioner Order Entry

Response to medication dosing alerts for pediatric inpatients using a computerized provider order entry system.

OBJECTIVE Medication dosing errors are of particular concern in hospitalized children. Avoidance of such errors is essential to quality improvement and patient safety. Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems with clinical decision support (CDS) have the potential to reduce medication errors. The objective of this study was to evaluate provider response to the dosing alerts in a CPOE sy...

Facts: Computerized Physician Order Entry

computer application that supports the electronic entry by physicians of patient orders for diagnostic and treatment services, such as medications, laboratory and other tests. It compares new orders against standards for dosing, checks for allergies or interactions with other drugs and flags potential problems. Thus, CPOE goes well beyond replacing paper orders with electronic ones — it makes r...

Using Computerized Physician Order Entry to Decrease Insurance Denials

Insurance denials delay payments for tests to medical institutions and can decrease patient satisfaction due to unexpected billing. Our institution utilizes an ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) for routine clinical care that includes computerized physician order entry (CPOE). At our institution as well as others, considerable cost is associated with inappropriate diagnostic coding of ne...

Ambulatory Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)

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...