Impact of computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) on clinical pharmacy practice: a hypothesis-generating study.

Josephine S Lai; Glenn Yokoyama; Clifton Louie; Jim Lightwood

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Impact of computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) on clinical pharmacy practice: a hypothesis-generating study.

October 24, 2007

Lai JS, Yokoyama G, Louie C, et al. Hosp Pharm. 2010;42(10):931-938.

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This qualitative study, drawing on the opinions of selected pharmacy leaders, describes how computerized provider order entry (CPOE) is more successful in community hospitals than in their academic and government counterparts with respect to preserving safe practices.

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