Nurses--yes, nurses--improve physician order entry.
Automated physician order entry systems can reduce medication errors and improve patient outcomes. But there are a variety of barriers--psychological, behavioral and technological--to physician adoption. Nursing not only has a stake in this issue, but plays a valuable role in resolving it.
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Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., USA.
D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000592:standards*; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology