Computerized provider order entry and prescribing and the evidence for safe practice: update for the clinical nurse specialist.

Patricia O'Malley

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Computerized provider order entry and prescribing and the evidence for safe practice: update for the clinical nurse specialist.

July 25, 2007

O'Malley P. Clin Nurse Spec. 2007;21(3):139-41.

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The author discusses the evidence suggesting that computerized provider order entry (CPOE) improves safety, as well as factors associated with CPOE that increase risk for adverse drug events.

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