> A day after a major study in the journal Pediatrics found an increase in mortality rates associated with one of its CPOE implementation, a dueling study sponsored by Cerner finds the exact opposite.
MEMPHIS, TN – Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, a seven-hospital, multi-campus health system in Memphis, Tenn., recently completed a CPOE implementation after two years of taking a “hard-and-fast” tack ...
One day in March 2009, hospital workers misread small print on a computer screen, causing them to dispense 10 times the prescribed dose of a drug. Result: The patient has a heart attack. Another time, ...