http://www.forbes.com/sites/leahbinder/2013/09/03/the-shocking-truth-about-medication-errors/
From the article:
The computer checks the safety and appropriateness of the order and sends it electronically to the pharmacy. In the Colchicine example, a good CPOE system would alert the physician to the misplaced decimal in the order, and the best systems would prevent the order from being written in the first place. In my mind, one of the greatest advances of CPOE is that it eliminates the need for pharmacists to decipher physician handwriting. I’ve often wondered how they do that.
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Leah Binder, Contributor
I cover topics in the health care industry.
I am at a lost for words !!!
Filed under: General Problems
Don’t even get me started on CPOE!
I thought this was quite interesting:
“Think that’s a wee bit too cynical? A report in last week’s issue of the foremost hospital industry trade publication, Modern Healthcare, detailed a range of new tech wizardry hospitals are using to collect payment from their patients. My favorite was a hospital system highlighted for its ePay portal, “recently enhanced… adding future payment scheduling, mobile alerts and payments and enhanced messaging services. “Hospitals in that system haven’t yet found the time to adopt CPOE, despite considerable pressure from purchasers to do so. Apparently, it’s hard to protect your patients from errors when there are so many bills to collect.”