Inpatient Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE): This report discusses core project design elements, key challenges, lessons learned, and future directions for inpatient CPOE use from AHRQ researchers. Major themes from the report include staffing, resource allocation, project scope, workflow, order set design, vendor relations, interoperability, customization and system integration, training, technical support, and alert fatigue.
Emerging Lessons—Computerized Provider Order Entry—Inpatient: This resource discusses lessons learned from seven AHRQ health IT projects that studied the adoption and use of CPOE in small, medium, and large acute care hospitals. Findings have been divided into the following three categories: 1) preimplementation findings; 2) implementation considerations; and 3) post-implementation issues.
