Computerized Order Entry Systems. Healthcare organizations

Computerized Provider Order Entry
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Computerized Provider Order Entry is a system that permits healthcare providers to give medication orders electronically than manually, thus helping to minimize handwriting related medication errors. Though, their potential to minimize various errors in healthcare and its consequences for patient safety has brought the idea of the workflow to the forefront of Computerized Provider Order Entry implementation (Abramson, & Kaushal, 2012). The implementation of CPOE systems in healthcare has been identified as one of the most significant integration considerations. However, research has shown that this implementation may not be easy. The aim of this paper is to focus on the impacts of Computerized Provider Order Entry in healthcare.
Healthcare organizations frequently implemented CPOE as part of their method to improve medication safety and minimize health care costs. Despite its high potential in healthcare, the system has been associated with various untended consequences that made this technology to be difficult to be operated by the users. Some of the untend...