title: CPOE is much more than computers.
abstract: A prominent hospital in Pennsylvania turned to CPOE to help reduce medical errors and improve patient care. Learn what steps hospital officials took to establish a successful CPOE system.
authors.affiliation: Lehigh Valley Physician Hospital Organization Information Services, CPOE Project, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, Pa., USA. donald.levick@lvh.com
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levick
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007857:Leadership; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D014481:United States