Computerized physician order

It has been shown that computerized physician order entry substantially decreases the rate of non-missed-dose medication errors. 

Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) Studies have shown that CPOE is effective in reducing medication errors. It involves entering medication orders directly into a computer system rather than on paper or verbally. The Institute for Safe Medication Practices conducted a survey of... 

Bates DW, Leape LL, Cullen DJ, Laird N, Petersen NA, Teich JM et al. Effect of computerized physician order entry and a team intervention on prevention of serious medication errors. JAMA 1998 280 1311-6. 

Bates DW, Teich JM, Lee J, Seger D, Kuperman GJ, Ma Luf N et al. The impact of computerized physician order entry on medication error prevention. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1999 6 313-21. 

Koppel R, Metlay JP, Cohen A, Abaluck B, Localio AR, Kimmel SE, Strom BL. Role of computerized physician order entry systems in facilitating medication errors. JAMA 2005 293 1197-203. 

Metzger J, Welebob E, Bates D, Lipsitz S, Classen D. Mixed results in the safety performance of computerized physician order entry. Health Aff. 2010 29(4) 655-63. 

Longhurst C, Parast L, Sandborg C, Widen E, Sullivem J, Hahn J, et al. Decrease in hospittil-wide mortality rate after implementation of a commercitilly sold computerized physician order entry system. Pediatrics. 2010 126(1) 14-21. 

Make certain that proper wiring/cabling is included in all non-traditional areas where medication may be dispensed or delivered technology applications such as pharmacy decision support, bar-coding, computerized physician order entry (CPOB), or elearonic medical records (EMR) should be integrated with appliances such as IV pumps. 

The system that has probably had the largest impact on medication error is computerized physician order entry (CPOE), in which medication orders are written online. This improves orders in several ways. First, they are structured, so they must include a drug, dose and frequency the computer, unlike a person, can refuse to accept any order without this information. They are always legible,... 

Kaushal, R., Shojania, K.G. and Bates, D.W. (2003) Effects of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems on medication safety a systematic review. Archives of Internal Medicine, 163(12), 1409-1416. 

Instituting computerized physician order entry to eliminate physician handwriting and medication interaction errors... 

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