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CPOE drives quick care improvement for hospital system
Adventist Health System put into operation computerized physician order entry (CPOE) at all 26 of its hospitals in just 28 months, according to a recent Computerworld article, and the organization
Fewer patient deaths, better outcomes with more e-prescribing
The Stage 1 Meaningful Use standards for computerized physician order entry (CPOE)--or e-prescribing--may reduce the number of deaths from heart failure or heart attack, but applying proposed Stage 2
Increased e-prescribing could lead to fewer patient deaths
The Stage 1 Meaningful Use standards for computerized physician order entry (CPOE) may reduce the number of deaths from heart failure or heart attack, but applying proposed Stage 2 and 3 standards
Oncology journal puts EMRs, CPOE under the bright lights
The latest issue of the Journal of Oncology Practice offers a treasure-trove of electronic medical record goodies, with articles ranging from the relevance of Meaningful Use to CPOE implementation
Community hospitals way behind the MU curve, still seeking the right IT vendor
How do many community hospitals feel about their quests for achieving meaningful use by 2013? Fairly optimistic -- if you look at the recent findings from a new KLAS report on community hospitals
Meaningful use spec sheets help to sum up standards
Sliding under the radar during the media frenzy over the EHR meaningful use corrections last week comes a series of 24 specification "tip" sheets to help users understand meaningful use standards.
CPOE hard-stop alerts hurt patients
How hard or soft should a computerized physician order entry alert be? The answer seems to be a moving target. At first, soft order alerts were supposed to pop up on the computer screen to help alert
AMA makes progress on IT services platform
The American Medical Association is busy lining up partners for a new IT marketplace for physicians that will include EMR offerings. It announced a deal with UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Ingenix to
Rush to meet e-health deadlines could yield chaos
The rush to deploy comprehensive EHR systems to meet federal deadlines could create a "perfect storm" for healthcare IT: security gaps, system integration troubles, certification issues and clinician
EMR enables Partners In Health relief efforts in Haiti
If you've been following Haiti relief efforts since the Jan. 12 earthquake sent that troubled country deeper into chaos, you've probably seen the name "Partners In Health." That group, a Boston-based
