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, ...
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 ...
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PatientKeeper®, Inc., the leading provider of Physician Information Technology, today announced that Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA) has chosen PatientKeeper to ...
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 ...
Hospitals have been heavily computerized for decades, but those systems have done little for physicians. It’s ironic: Physicians are avid users of technology that actually helps them — witness the ...