BUSINESSElectronic entry gap widensQuick View. Aug. 22/29, 2005. Overall electronic medication orders remain stable.
The gap between the 100 most-wired and the 100 least-wired hospitals and health systems in the country continued to grow in the past year. The most-wired use more patient-safety information technology tools, including computerized physician order entry, electronic medication matching at the bedside and automated alerts and reminders, than do the least-wired, the survey found. Forty-one percent of the most-wired hospitals have most of their physicians entering medication orders electronically compared with 8% at the least-wired hospitals -- the 100 survey respondents that posted the lowest scores. The survey was based on 502 responses from hospitals and health systems representing 1,255 hospitals. Note: Due to rounding, numbers do not necessarily add up to 100%. Source: "2005 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study," Hospitals & Health Networks, July 12 Copyright 2005 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
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