Computer physician order entry

health care more cost effective and improve its quality. Some of the health information technology include consumer health IT applications, clinical decision support, electronic medical record systems (EMRs, EHRs, and PHRs), computerized provider order entry, computerized disease registries, and electronic prescribing.…

a prominent cause of administration error. Lapse in communication includes failure to relay crucial information regarding the patient to not only nurse colleagues, but to physicians as well. Errors in documentation have also contributed to MAE’s. For example, unclear or messy written communication, such as physician orders can result in administration error or inaccurate dispensing by pharmacy (Keers et al., 2013, p. 1062). Pharmacological Logistics According to Keers et al. (2013), the…

patient quality and safety is performed in order to renew or give the hospital’s accreditation. “However, to ensure compliance with all health information-related standards, review of all sections and monitoring of all pertinent standards that are found is important” (Sayles, 2013). The Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) also has access to LGH’s health system. It is needed to track all electronic medical record (EMR) progress used at this hospital. With the advancing technology,…

Other health information system used is computerized physician order entry (CPOE). This allows physicians to send any orders electronically. Instead of requesting lab results or writing out prescriptions on paper, they do it on the computer. The system has administrative, clinical and decision support. Epic has a finance system which makes it easier for paperless billing, speed up payments, have…

Emerging Developments in Clinical Decision Support Systems The idea of applying computer to the clinical decision making process is not new. In 1970’s G. Octo Barnett first reported on efforts with decision support in an early medical record system, Computer-stored ambulatory record (COSTAR). The idea was also one of the key elements of the Institute of Medicine’s 1997 charge to the industry to adopt computer-based patient records. In 2004 the Federal Government promoted the importance of…

implementation of EHR coincided with the H1N1 pandemic. In order to attempt to control for the extra…

systems were excited about the idea of having patient’s information readily available via computer software and applications however apprehension resided in the allocation of resources such as time and cost associated with the transition from paper to electronic record. Electronic documentation within health care started mainly with coding and billing, but now have extending to computerized physician order entry (CPOE), ordering prescription, and communication between different departments as…

workflow of the radiology department. HIS Patient Registration and Order Entry The workflow begins when the patient is visiting their doctor or admitted to the hospital. The patient will fill out paperwork that explains the patient 's current issues as well as updated medical history…

explained the benefits to computer ordering versus handwritten orders. “Being able to obtain orders through the computer has help tremendously in reducing errors due to handwriting that is difficult to read” (Adekunle, personal communication, January 15, 2018). According to a study held by Kumas, Madhwar, Pathak, & Saiki (2016), transcription related errors were 72.4 per month and drastically dropped to 2.2 per month after applying the Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) tool (p. 1003).…

services and physician office (About The Hospital, 2016). Summerlin Hospital Medical Center provides a wide range of services to the Las Vegas and other surrounding communities. Services…