@article{8779,
  author = {Thomas R. Cunningham and Scott Geller and Steven W. Clarke},
  title = {Impact of electronic prescribing in a hospital setting: a process-focused evaluation.},
  abstract = {<p><b>OBJECTIVE: </b>To evaluate effects of a natural CPOE implementation in a hospital setting and inform the efficacy of using CPOE rather than traditional paper medication orders.</p><p><b>DESIGN: </b>A multiple-baseline, quasi-experimental study of a naturally occurring CPOE intervention, with a non-equivalent control site.</p><p><b>MEASUREMENTS: </b>Compliance with medication-ordering protocols and time to first dose of antibiotics.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>Medication orders placed using CPOE were significantly more compliant than paper-based medication orders, and first doses of antibiotics were delivered significantly faster when ordered with CPOE than when placed using the standard paper-based system (p<.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>Findings support the use of CPOE and justify the need for interventions to increase CPOE adoption and consistent use among physicians.</p>},
  year = {2008},
  journal = {Int J Med Inform},
  volume = {77},
  pages = {546-54},
  month = {08/2008},
  issn = {1872-8243},
  language = {eng},
}