Once considered the leading edge of information technology, computerized physician order entry is now simmering on the back burner of healthcare priorities. While it is not forgotten, attention toward ...

Orem, Utah - August 9, 2011- The incorporation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) in U.S. hospitals has accelerated significantly since the passage of ARRA in 2009. CPOE 2011: The ARRA ...

Hospitals have been heavily computerized for decades, but those systems have done little for physicians. It’s ironic: Physicians are avid users of technology that actually helps them — witness the ...

While meeting stage 1 requirements for meaningful use is unlikely to significantly affect hospital mortality rates, later stages that require greater participation may produce benefits, according to a ...

Critical Access Hospital in rural western North Carolina purchases multiple PatientKeeper applications to automate physician workflow BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PatientKeeper®, Inc., the leading ...

Meaningful use Stage 2 of the electronic health record incentive program is definitely tougher, with some particular elements – such as computerized physician order entry – that could catch some ...

A new study—the first study to evaluate the relationship between meaningful use for computerized medication ordering and hospital mortality rates—released online by Health Affairs, examines the ...

This study analyzes various pathways toward hospital adoption of electronic health records and explores relationships among various electronic health record function variables. This study analyzed the ...

Hospitals that had problems meeting the order requirements were 18 percent less likely to receive incentive payments than those reporting problems with other criteria. In the first year of the federal ...

One provider's CIO says he picked an EHR, from Medhost, with just such a design. "It is a picture: You look at it, you can figure it out," says Lee Powe, CIO of Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, which ...

A sophisticated nationwide health information technology infrastructure, driven by HITECH's meaningful use requirements, is required to support changing healthcare reimbursement models. Through the ...

Concerned about patient care, Adventist Health System decided to deploy Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) systems at all 26 of its hospitals in nine states. And it did so in only 28 months.