The effects of Computerized Provider Order Entry implementation on communication in Intensive Care Units

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hoonakker, Peter L T ^a   Carayon, Pascale ^a   Walker, James M ^b   Brown, Roger L ^c   Cartmill, Randi S ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; CPOE; Intensive Care Units; Medical Order Entry Systems; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

CPOE; CROSS-SECTIONAL DESIGN; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; ORDER ENTRY; QUALITY OF CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS;

INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MEDICATION ERRORS; MEDICATION SYSTEMS, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84876991450     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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