HMS Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) streamlines the order process and increases patient safety by reducing medication and legibility errors. The system is a browser-based application allowing physicians access to real-time results during order entry. Physicians are able to place orders from their office, home or anywhere a secured connection exists.

Features & Benefits
The HMS CPOE Solution, embedded within Clinical View, utilizes order sets to allow physician preferences and best practices, as well as regulatory and hospital standards, to be met. Pre-selected orders, physician-specific order sets and favorite order sets streamline the order process. These order sets may include all types of orders: nursing, ancillary, medication, etc. Physicians are able to select an entire group of orders for a patient from a set with one click, and may add individual orders by an easy point-and-click method. Our flexible format allows clinicians to add, modify and delete orders throughout the ordering session. CPOE provides a comprehensive level of order decision support that includes (but is not limited to) allergy checking, duplicate therapy and drug-drug interaction checking. Medical Necessity checking is available for outpatient orders.

Key features

• Personalized order sets allow for the ordering of multiple medications and/or procedures to streamline order entry process and facilitate physician acceptance. Order sets:
  
  • May be specific to any type of patient or encounter; disease- or condition-specific (e.g. OB 2nd trimester); department (e.g. ED); patient type (IP, OP)
  • Contained in a searchable library with ability to save to physician's favorites
  • Can contain order packs and standing orders
  • Medication order sets include multiple forms: dose, route, frequency
    
• Provides and alerts physician to duplicate ancillary order checking: no need for ancillary departments to double-check with physicians
• All medication orders entered are checked for drug-drug, drug-food, drug-disease, drug-allergy interactions and dose range checking: increases patient safety
• Patient demographic data readily available: view height, weight, allergy information during order entry to increase patient safety
• Order entry functionality readily available: access to results during order entry streamlines process
• Clinical staff members get real-time communication of physician-approved orders: speeds the fulfillment of orders
• Supports remote ordering from secured locations including the physician's office or home: no need to be constantly on-site