Effective Use of Medication-Related Decision Support in CPOE

Author:

Jane Metzger, Fran Turisco, Emily Welebob, Dr. David Classen

CSC’s Jane Metzger, Fran Turisco and Dr. David Classen contributed to this article on The Leapfrog Group’s CPOE Standard and Evaluation Tool procedure. This is the second in a series of articles and is in the September/October 2008 issue of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare.

The Leapfrog CPOE standard expects that the CDS tools in CPOE are aggressively applied to avoid potential adverse events that can be detected at ordering. It requires that physicians are entering most orders directly and benefiting from the safety net provided by CDS. Hospitals must work to gain the value available from the CDS toolset. Making effective use of the potential will require a concerted effort.

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