Medication-related clinical decision support in computerized provider order entry systems: a review.
While medications can improve patients' health, the process of prescribing them is complex and error prone, and medication errors cause many preventable injuries. Computer provider order entry (CPOE) with clinical decision support (CDS), can improve patient safety and lower medication-related costs. To realize the medication-related benefits of CDS within CPOE, one must overcome significant challenges. Healthcare organizations implementing CPOE must understand what classes of CDS their CPOE systems can support [...]
Author(s): Kuperman, Gilad J, Bobb, Anne, Payne, Thomas H, Avery, Anthony J, Gandhi, Tejal K, Burns, Gerard, Classen, David C, Bates, David W
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2170