Once considered the leading edge of information technology, computerized physician order entry is now simmering on the back burner of healthcare priorities. While it is not forgotten, attention toward ...

Two years ago, at the dawn of the era of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, computerized physician order entry was a software application that had only achieved a six percent market ...

Orem, Utah - August 9, 2011- The incorporation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) in U.S. hospitals has accelerated significantly since the passage of ARRA in 2009. CPOE 2011: The ARRA ...

Critical Access Hospital in rural western North Carolina purchases multiple PatientKeeper applications to automate physician workflow BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PatientKeeper®, Inc., the leading ...

Hospitals have been heavily computerized for decades, but those systems have done little for physicians. It’s ironic: Physicians are avid users of technology that actually helps them — witness the ...

Meaningful use Stage 2 of the electronic health record incentive program is definitely tougher, with some particular elements – such as computerized physician order entry – that could catch some ...

A new study—the first study to evaluate the relationship between meaningful use for computerized medication ordering and hospital mortality rates—released online by Health Affairs, examines the ...

Hospitals that had problems meeting the order requirements were 18 percent less likely to receive incentive payments than those reporting problems with other criteria. In the first year of the federal ...

One provider's CIO says he picked an EHR, from Medhost, with just such a design. "It is a picture: You look at it, you can figure it out," says Lee Powe, CIO of Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, which ...

A sophisticated nationwide health information technology infrastructure, driven by HITECH's meaningful use requirements, is required to support changing healthcare reimbursement models. Through the ...

This study analyzes various pathways toward hospital adoption of electronic health records and explores relationships among various electronic health record function variables. This study analyzed the ...

Chilmark Research analyst Cora Sharma recently penned a thoughtful post on how mobiles might impact future meaningful use requirements -- and vice versa. Sharma sees future opportunities for mobile in ...