CPOE: it don't come easy.

Howard J. Anderson

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CPOE: it don't come easy.

January 14, 2009

Anderson HJ. Health Data Manag. 2009;17(1):18-20, 22, 24 passim.

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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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