Implementation of Computerized Physician Order Entry for Critical Patients in an Academic Emergency Department is Not Associated with a Change in Mortality Rate

Implementation of Computerized Physician Order Entry for Critical Patients in an Academic Emergency Department is Not Associated with a Change in Mortality Rate

Introduction: There is limited literature on the effect of computerized physician order entry(CPOE) on mortality. The objective of our study was to determine if there was a change inmortality among critically ill patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) after theimplementation of a CPOE...

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Main Authors: Doug D. Brunette, Jean Tersteeg, Nicholas Brown, Valerie Johnson, Stephen Dunlop, James Karambay, James Miner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2013-03-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
emergency medicine
emergency department
clinical practice
Physician order entry
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/5m28m553

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