The National Quality Forum safe practice standard for computerized physician order entry: updating a critical patient safety practice.

Peter M. Kilbridge; David Classen; David W. Bates; Charles R. Denham

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The National Quality Forum safe practice standard for computerized physician order entry: updating a critical patient safety practice.

January 10, 2007

Kilbridge PM, Classen D, Bates DW, et al. J Patient Saf. 2008;2(4).

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The authors discuss the National Quality Forum (NQF) computerized physician order entry (CPOE) standard, review the evidence of CPOE efficacy, document impact and metrics, describe CPOE implementation challenges, and suggest updates to the current NQF standard.

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