title: Quality and Safety in Health Care, Part IX: Computerized Provider Order Entry.
abstract: One of the most important technologic advances to reduce medication errors is computerized provider order entry linked with clinical decision support. These systems also have the potential to improve the adherence of clinicians to best practices, decrease the turnaround time for laboratory tests and radiology examinations, speed transmission of prescriptions to the pharmacy, decrease medication costs, and increase the frequency of vaccinations.
authors: From the *Advanced Radiology Services and the Division of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, College of Human Services, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI; and †College of Nursing & Allied Health Professions, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.
authors: Jay A
authors: JA
authors: Harolds
authors: Laura Beth
authors: LB
authors: Harolds
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems / Q000592:standards*; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*