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Dr. Nosey reports that his hospital’s computer physician order entry (CPOE) is now online, three years late and more than $50M over budget. Apparently there are a few problems. One physician noted that the order entry system rounds up fractional morphine doses — a dose of one-half milligram can be entered but the computer renders […]
Posted: May 26th, 2009 under St. Elsewhere.
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St. Elsewhere’s new computer system to cost 3x the initial estimate
My friend, Ralph, works at St. Elsewhere, which is a pretty big, private hospital in another State. He’s a Doc, not a Suit, so his information is probably a little bit stale as far as information systems is concerned. Here is what Ralph told me last week.
They had a meeting at which the (new) administration […]
Posted: March 5th, 2008 under St. Elsewhere.
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