SGEM Hot Off the Press: Computer provider order entry (CPOE) and emergency department flow

Physicians across the country shared their experiences with CPOE implementation and highlighted the variability of CPOE software across different centres. Dr. Wurster felt that implementation of CPOE at his centre was "nothing short of a disaster. [...]Our training was not adequate and we were...

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Published inCanadian journal of emergency medicine Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 147 - 153
Main Authors Lin, Katie, Chan, Kenneth, Mohindra, Rohit, Milne, Ken, Thoma, Brent, Bond, Chris
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.03.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Education: Social Media Review
Emergency medical care
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Length of stay
Medical Order Entry Systems
Medicine
Order entry
Patients
Social networks
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ISSN1481-8035
1481-8043
1481-8043
DOI10.1017/cem.2017.7

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Summary:Physicians across the country shared their experiences with CPOE implementation and highlighted the variability of CPOE software across different centres. Dr. Wurster felt that implementation of CPOE at his centre was "nothing short of a disaster. [...]Our training was not adequate and we were given little input in how we would like the computer system to work for us. No one examined how using CPOE would affect our daily processes in the emergency department." This was contrasted with Dr.
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ISSN:1481-8035
1481-8043
1481-8043
DOI:10.1017/cem.2017.7