Question

1. Based exclusively on your review of structured and unstructured data, do you think it should be possible to implement a drug-drug interaction check in the EHR? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Yes ,I think it's possible to implement a drug to drug interactions check in the EHR because of the CPOE.

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE)

application for health care providers to enter patient care orders, including blood work, laboratory tests, radiology examinations, medications, and therapies.

In addition, the system did little to provide checks that would prevent such errors as these:

-The physician was not aware of the most appropriate test or medication.

- The tests results arrived late or could not be located.

-The physician was not notified quickly of critical test results that posed a danger to a patient's health.

#. Some advantages of CPOE include:

- Provides alerts that warn against possibility of drug interactions, allergies, overdoses, or other problems

- Provides accurate, up-to-date information on new medications, procedures, and research

- Improves communication among team members

- Provides physicians with access to decision-support tools at the point-of-care

- Reduces the amount of time it takes to fill physicians orders

- Eliminates the chance of an order's being misplaced or lost

- Eliminates errors resulting from illegible handwriting

- Enables orders to be entered from any location with computer access---in the hospital or off-site

- Provides easier access to data for reporting & quality assessment purposes

- Reduces costs by improving efficiency, eliminating duplicate tests, and reducing the number of lawsuits due to medication errors

#. Electronic health records with CPOE provide computerized decision-support tools to the physician. These tools allow physicians to select:

medications, diagnostic tests, and treatments that result in improved quality of care & patient outcomes.