title: [Health personnel assessment about medical order entry systems of pharmacologic treatments in hospitalized patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to evaluate health personnel perceptions about medical order entry systems concerning the effect on workflow, medication errors risk and assessment of its potential advantages.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-section opinion interview was conducted in a tertiary care hospital. Questionnaire consisted of three sections: perception of its effect on workflow, influence on medication error risk and assessment of potential advantages. We also asked them to assess drawbacks and provide suggestions about this prescription system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  76 health professionals were interviewed (58 physicians, 9 pharmacists and 9 nurses). They were satisfied mainly due to decrease the workload (85.5%; IC 95%: 75.58-92.55). They thought that the main characteristics that contribute to reduce medication errors are clinical decision supports related to predefined aspects which the program provided by default. Among potential benefits of medical order entry systems, legibility and warnings triggered by the program (98.7%; IC 95%: 92.90-99.97 and 97,4%; IC 95%: 90.81-99.68 respectively) were the most valuable. High technology dependence, IT failures and lack of infrastructure and medication therapy discontinuities at times of transition between different hospitals' units were the main drawbacks considered. The most repeated suggestion was related to the improvement of links between other health informatics applications used in the hospital.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  health personnel were highly satisfied with the CPOE system, which is considered to be effective and safe. Technology dependence and IT failures were the main disadvantages reported. According to them, a greater coordination and unification of all software applications available in the hospital would be desirable.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Farmacia, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España. Electronic address: evillabueno@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villamañán
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Larrubia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sierra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herrero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Álvarez-Sala
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D008508:Medication Errors
keywords: Errores de medicación; Health personnel; Medical order entry systems; Medication errors; Prescripción electrónica; Profesionales sanitarios