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Q2. Discuss how electronic order entry system (CPOE) can improve healthcare at different levels?

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1)Reduces medical errors and improves patient safety:

CPOE improves the safety of medication orders.Errors in medication can be of different causes like poor handwriting,abbreviations,ordering physician's lack of knowledge. CPOE prevents errors at the ordering by providing complete and standarized orders.It thus improves the quality of health care reducing medication errors .CPOE combining with clinical decision support tools checks for drug interactions,allergies due to medication and other problems,thus promoting patient safety.It alerts expiry of medication,duplicate order and contraindications.

2)Provides standardized and efficient care:

As the orders are given electronically in CPOE,it helps the organization get medication,laboratory and radiological orders to pharmacies,laboratories and radiology facilities faster thus saving time, improves efficiency and promotes care standards.It has also improved discharge instructions.There are also clinically validated order sets for clinical diagnosis,procedures and post-operative order sets.

3)Reduces cost

Health care providers will be able to diagnose health problems sooner and could also recommend alternative tests or treatments which reduces the health care cost.It has also reduced cost in printing forms.

4)Improves health care coordination

CPOE has helped in improving communication within the health care settings,coordinating medical teams, reduces the time spend by nurses reviewing and verifying clinical instructions.

5)Improves reimbursement:

With the application of CPOE,the health care can flag orders requiring pre-approval from insurance plans thus helping to acheive denied insurance claims.