Return on investment for a computerized physician order entry system.
Although computerized physician order entry (CPOE) may decrease errors and improve quality, hospital adoption has been slow. The high costs and limited data on financial benefits of CPOE systems are a major barrier to adoption. The authors assessed the costs and financial benefits of the CPOE system at Brigham and Women's Hospital over ten years.
Author(s): Kaushal, Rainu, Jha, Ashish K, Franz, Calvin, Glaser, John, Shetty, Kanaka D, Jaggi, Tonushree, Middleton, Blackford, Kuperman, Gilad J, Khorasani, Ramin, Tanasijevic, Milenko, Bates, David W, ,
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M1984