Client News Coverage

A Q&A About Alert Fatigue

Posted in Client News Coverage on Wednesday, June 02, 2010.

An Interview with Wolters Kluwer Health's Linda Peitzman, M.D.

Computerized order entry has popped up in a lot of recent conversations I’ve had about HITECH incentives. Not surprisingly, hospitals ramping up order entry systems are having a devil of a time avoiding programming alert fatigue into their CPOEs. Following is a Q&A session on the topic with Linda Peitzman, M.D., who heads the clinical solutions group at Wolters Kluwer Health.

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6 Best Practices for Implementing Order Sets

Posted in Client News Coverage on Friday, May 07, 2010.

Although the order set, a standardized set of evidence-based treatment guidelines for a certain medical condition, has been around for decades, regulatory issues surrounding the performance of core measure and government funding for healthcare information technology through meaningful use guidelines have created an impetus for organizations to more rapidly expand their use of electronic versions of this tool.

Becker’s Hospital Review »

Hospitals Advised to Be Thorough When Deploying Clinical Decision Support Tools

Posted in Client News Coverage on Saturday, May 01, 2010.

HealthEast Care System has nearly 600 order sets in its computerized provider order entry system. Nearly 250 of those are evidence-based and contain some form of clinical decision support.

Hospitals & Health Networks »