Lessons from "unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system."

Dean F. Sittig; Joan S. Ash; Jiajie Zhang; Jerome A. Osheroff; Michael Shabot

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Lessons from "unexpected increased mortality after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system."

May 27, 2011

Sittig DF, Ash JS, Zhang J, et al. Pediatrics. 2006;118(2):797-801.

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This commentary outlines primary insights from the article by Han and colleagues and provides related lessons to inform the implementation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) projects.

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