In this issue of the , Palen et al report on the findings of a study in which physicians at a managed care organization were randomized to receive drug-laboratory monitoring alerts through CPOE or to ...

Although the concept of evidence-based order sets was introduced many years ago, healthcare providers are moving toward adopting evidence-based order sets in increasing numbers and integrating such ...

The combination of well-designed patient-controlled analgesia pumps, pre-printed physician orders and nursing education can reduce overall PCA administration errors and pump-programming errors, ...

The article by Palen et al in this issue of theis an important contribution to the literatureon healthcare information technology(IT). 1 First, it is one of the few studies of a decision supportsystem ...

If we consider a physician order for a medication in a legacy environment, we could track the progress of the order from the physician's pen in the chart to the nurse or floor clerk who retrieves the ...

Objective: Understanding provider perceptions of and experiences with order entry and order checks (drug alerts) in an electronic prescribing system may help improve medication safety technology.