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CPOE: it don't come easy.
Anderson HJ. Health Data Manag. January 1, 2009;17:18.

Although shifting from paper-based or verbal orders to computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems could reduce medical errors, a mere 8% of hospitals use the system and fewer implement it effectively, according to the Leapfrog Group CPOE evaluation tool.

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