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Are CPOEs worth the investment?

By Rowena Yee Hoy, RN
Clinical Practice Manager and Director of Nursing at OnCare Hawaii

Source: Oncology Net News

Oncology as we know it is changing. Oncologists and nurses are treating up to three times as many patients as they did only 5 to 7 years ago. They’re also prescribing or administering what seems like a limitless number of drug combinations, each of which carries a significant risk for adverse reactions. Working in such a stressful, fast-paced environment creates a higher risk for unintended oversights and chemotherapy dosing errors. To minimize – if not eliminate – the potential for such errors, an increasing number of oncology practices are turning to computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems such as IntelliDose.

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