Computerized Physician Order entry systems (CPOE) is the process of using electronic devices to order and prescribe medications to patients instead of using the traditional pen and paper. The new system has been very helpful in reducing the number of errors due to poor handwriting, misheard verbal orders and telephone orders. Although, there have been many benefits from CPOE there are still medication errors that occur every day. The CPOE is broken down into 3 parts: when the prescription is written, when then the medication is administered, and when the medication is documented. The article explores which of the three is the biggest contributor to medication errors. The research was based off of an Intensive Care Unit where medication errors
