Hospital goes on-line with electronic medical record.
In May, Texas Children's Hospital in Houston went live with a pilot project to test the use of electronic medical records at the facility. Currently, the system is available for use by clinicians in selected units who have access to results data. In the hospital's cancer center, a related pilot program has physicians and nurse practitioners entering their clinical notes and order sets electronically, cutting out the need for transcription. Project leaders emphasize that achieving physician buy-in has been crucial to the success of the project, especially as electronic notes and order sets become standard throughout the hospital.
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