Enhancement of clinician workflow with computer order entry.
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- p. 459-63
Abstract
Physician-operated order entry systems can bring great benefits to an institution. Such systems can improve the consistency, accuracy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of orders. When building or selecting order entry for an institution, consideration must be given to the many different scenarios in which orders are written and communicated. Transfer, post-op, pre-admission and discharge orders have different communication requirements from standard inpatient orders. In certain services, orders from a very limited set (such as warfarin orders) must be written frequently for a large number of patients. Intensive-care patients, chemotherapy patients, and others have particular requirements for ordering. A computerized order entry system should respond to these requirements in order to promote correct and efficient ordering. We present a number of these issues, their specific requirements, and the approach we have taken to ensure that the system both supports and enhances workflow.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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