title: Mobile physician order entry.
abstract: Because both computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems and mobile technologies such as handheld devices have the potential to greatly impact the industry's future, IT vendors, hospitals, and clinicians are simply merging them into a logical convergence--"CPOE on a handheld"--with an expectation of full functionality on all platforms: computer workstations, rolling laptops, tablet PCs, and handheld devices. For these trends to succeed together, however, this expectation must be revised to establish a distinct category--mobile physician order entry (MPOE)--that is different from CPOE in form, function, and implementation.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ying
mesh_terms: D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016494:Computer Security; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D017751:Safety Management; D012637:Security Measures; D012984:Software; D014481:United States