Health Care

Health Care

What would the impact be on patient care if a hospital uses an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system but does not incorporate Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE)?  200 word per question (please use reference)

2. As a health care professional what does it mean to you to know that your health care organization is utilizing an IT strategy that incorporates “enterprise” software systems?   200 word per question (please use reference)

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A health care that uses an Electronic Health Record (EHR) but does not incorporate Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE), results in medication ordering errors. They have a depressing effect on the patient care. Medication ordering errors can cause serious harm or even death of the patient due to their impact on the dosage of the patient. There would also be delays in the completion of orders of patients. It would imply that there is untimely discontinuation of antibacterial doses.