A critical step in Catholic Health East’s CPOE implementation was to standardize procedure names in MEDITECH so physicians need only use a pull-down menu to locate a procedure and easily send the instructions through the system. These orders will then be communicated over the network to the medical staff or to the departments (i.e., pharmacy, laboratory or radiology) responsible for fulfilling the order.
In this case study, you’ll learn why CHE chose to automate this critical project, how they approached the solution and how they saved thousands of dollars in additional staff to make the initiative successful.