title: Computer-based physician order entry: implementation of clinical pathways.
abstract: Computer-based physician order entry (CPOE) is a key feature of electronic health record systems. A fully-featured CPOE system, capable of dealing with drug prescription, but also with all the other aspects of patients care, can be used to implement standardized clinical pathways. This classic design can be improved upon by using a workflow engine to drive and bring together the different tasks incorporated in a pathway, including clinical documentation.
authors.affiliation: Service of Medical Informatics, Unit of Clinical Informatics, Geneva University Hospital, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. mathias.tschopp@sim.hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tschopp
authors.forename: Magali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Despond
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grauser
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Staub
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lovis
mesh_terms: D019091:Critical Pathways; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems