Making Computerized Provider Order Entry Work
Making Computerized Provider Order Entry Work is neither a scientific reference guide into medical informatics nor a book on theory or a summary of research studies in the field, but rather it is a practical guide to visioning and executing successful aut
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Philip A. Smith Tim Benson Series Editor
Making Computerized Provider Order Entry Work
Philip A. Smith Sanford Florida USA
ISBN 978-1-4471-4242-3 ISBN 978-1-4471-4243-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4471-4243-0 Springer London Heidelberg New York Dordrecht
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Foreword
It is better to be a dog in a peaceful time than be a man in a chaotic period. Ancient Chinese Proverb
Many believe the above proverb to be the source of the oft-repeated phrase, “may you live in interesting times.” There is little doubt that in American healthcare at the time of this writing (spring 2012) we are living through interesting times. The last 30 years of American healthcare has witnessed remarkable technological advances in the fields of imaging, pharmacotherapeutics, and surgical interventions, to name a few. However, simultaneously, U.S. healthcare has come under scrutiny as society pays more attention to the dissociation between the cost of healthcare and its demonstrable benefits to the American public, at least as compared with the rest of the civilized world.1 One answer to this problem has been the pursuit of information technology as a structural answer t
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