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Book SynopsisDespite all the jokes about the poor quality of physician handwriting, physician adoption of computerized provider order entry (CPOE) in hospitals still lags behind other industries'' use of technology. As of the end of 2010, less than 22% of hospitals had deployed CPOE. Yet experts claim that this technology reduces over 80% of medication errors and could prevent an estimated 522,000 serious medication errors annually in the US. Even though the federal government has offered $20 billion dollars in incentives to hospitals and health systems through the 2009 stimulus (the ARRA HITECH section of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), many organizations are struggling to implement advanced clinical information systems including CPOE. In addition, industry experts estimate that the healthcare industry is lacking as many as 40,000 persons with expertise in clinical informatics necessary to make it all happen by the 2016 deadline for these incentives. While the scientific lit
Table of ContentsForeword.- Introduction.- Why the Concern for CPOE Now?.- Vision: How You Start.- Leadership and Governance.- Project Management.- Change Management.- Building Momentum.- Avoiding Common Pitfalls along the Way.- Implementation.- Stabilization and Optimization.- Putting It All Together.- Appendix A Sample Forms and Other Tools.- Glossary.- Bibliography/Suggested Readings.- Index.
