Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems: The Coming of Age for Outpatient Medicine

PLoS Medicine: Computerized Physician Order Entry Systems: The Coming of Age for Outpatient Medicine
Regardless of their limitations, observational studies such as the one by Steele et al. that compare nonrandomized physicians' behavior before interventions to behavior after interventions, and that depend largely on surrogate outcomes, provide powerful evidence on the effectiveness of computerized systems to reduce medication errors and improve patient safety. Similar studies will likely continue to be an important means used to evaluate many future developments in CPOE technology./.../