Category Archives: CPOE
CPOE reduces likelihood of error by nearly 50% [article]? I’m skeptical
There’s quite a bit of talk floating around the internet about a recent article in JAMIA that looks at reduction of medication errors in hospitals secondary to CPOE adoption (J Am Med Inform Assoc doi:10.1136/amiajnl-2012-001241). The article is available for free … Continue reading
CPOE failure modes and effects analysis brings up some good questions
A Failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is basically a methodology for predicting potential pitfalls in a project and preemptively finding solutions. This is in contrast to a root cause analysis (RCA) in which case you figure out what went … Continue reading
Update: Siemens Innovations 2010 final day
Today is my final Day at Innovations and I’ve managed to pick up quite a bit of good, useful information that has the potential to improve our operations back at the hospital. I’ve been in my current position as an … Continue reading
Quick Hit – CPOE, a pharmacist’s time and laughter
We’ve finally stepped off the curb and are moving full speed ahead with our CPOE implementation. As a result I spent quite a bit of time last week with our Siemens assigned CPOE consultant. He’s a pharmacist which makes things nice … Continue reading