title: Enhancing patient safety: clinician order entry with a pharmacy interface.
abstract: The electronic pharmacy interface is the unique aspect of Boston Medical Center's new clinician order entry system, which electronically transmits clinicians' orders to the laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy. The interface and several other enhancements create a platform for clinicians that provides for efficiency, standardization, documentation compliance, and most important, improved patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Medicine, Information Technology Services (ITS), Boston Medical Center, USA.
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eskew
authors.forename: Marty
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geisler
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: Geralyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vinci
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000592:standards*; D001900:Boston; D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D017749:Total Quality Management