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CPOE SYSTEM [3 records]

Record 1 2024-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

electronic health record systems: ... computer-based applications designed to acquire, store, manage, and display health-care-related records including all clinical and administrative information entered by practitioners involved in health care delivery.

CONT

EHR systems can include many potential capabilities, but three particular functionalities hold great promise in improving the quality of care and reducing costs at the health care system level : clinical decision support(CDS) tools, computerized physician order entry(CPOE) systems, and health information exchange(HIE).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
CONT

CPOE allows practitioners to generate medication orders or prescriptions through a computer system.

Key term(s)
  • computerised physician order entry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Pharmacy
CONT

Computerized provider order entry(CPOE) systems are designed to replace a hospital' s paper-based ordering system. They allow users to electronically write the full range of orders, maintain an online medication administration record, and review changes made to an order by successive personnel.

Key term(s)
  • computerised provider order entry system
  • computerised physician order entry system
  • computerised provider order management system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Pharmacie
CONT

[Technologie de l'information] qui facilite l'entrée électronique des ordonnances. Le SIEO permet aux professionnels de la santé autorisés de prescrire des médicaments ainsi que de demander des analyses et des interventions, et permet aussi de donner d'autres instructions concernant le traitement des patients qui leur sont confiés.

Spanish

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