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J Crit Care
; 19(4): 279-82, 2004 Dec.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15648046
RESUMEN
Even the most basic computerized physician order entry systems can reduce medication error rates, improve the quality, and decrease the costs of medical care. Routine tasks such as decryption, triage, transcription, and transmission are eliminated or streamlined, reducing the source and likelihood of human errors. Translation of physician intent into actual orders requires more advanced computer systems with sophisticated algorithms built-in. Further, adding an interpretative function to understand and transmit orders that could have subtly different meanings will be challenging. Extensive analysis and the cooperative efforts of multidisciplinary teams will be required to add incremental value to computerized physician order entry systems.