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COMPUTERIZED PHYSICIAN ORDER ENTRY (CPOE)
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To build a CPOE system that physicians can fully embrace, especially in light of Meaningful Use requirements specified by the HITECH Act, developers need to rely on comprehensive, actionable drug knowledge that gives their clinician end users a fast and easy way to make safe and appropriate decisions.
Because drug content plays such a substantial role in CPOE, it is worth the upfront investment to carefully consider key implementation choices. Integrating drug content into the CPOE application in a way that enhances the workflow of clinicians in addition to maintaining the content and managing the frequent update cycles are all part of the battle.
First DataBank creates drug knowledge with elements developers need to build physician-friendly CPOE systems—combined with appropriate messages and alerts—that supports clinical decision making, prevents medication errors, reduces costs and increases efficiency.
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First DataBank Solutions:
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| Leverage pre-defined medication orders to save valuable pharmacist time building the order sets from scratch and maintaining them over time. |
Developers save time by accessing medication orders that are pre-built and validated by our team of clinical experts. By employing variable, drug-specific navigation, you can reduce clicking and scrolling to a minimum. Pre-defined orders are codified to link to the rest of the drug knowledge and are seamlessly transmitted to the appropriate departmental systems. |
| Manage message overload in clinical decision-support to help prevent medication errors and optimize drug therapy decisions. |
First DataBank provides a range of settings to minimize unnecessary alerts. Alert levels and categories can be displayed based on user preference and relevant context. Filters and attributes are also configurable, including threshold settings, to ignore acceptable drug duplications. In addition, drug content is presented in a tiered fashion to minimize a barrage of information; users can drill down when more information is needed. |
| Drug knowledge that is shared by clinicians, pharmacists and other CPOE system users that enhances workflow and communication while preserving the value of CPOE. |
OrderView Med Knowledge Base is the first physician-friendly CPOE-ready drug database designed explicitly for medication ordering by conforming to how clinicians want to order medications and in the fewest possible steps. OrderView’s drug knowledge extends CPOE capabilities and promotes accuracy by providing validated dose and frequency selections proactively. Pre-built medication orders support considerations like PRN reasons, special instructions, dose adjustments for organ impairment, mg/kg calculations, rounding increments, and pediatric and discharge orders. |
| Comprehensive, reliable drug information using industry-endorsed principles for “good vocabulary practices.” |
National Drug Data File (NDDF) Plus is continually updated and includes every drug approved by the FDA plus commonly used over-the-counter medications and supplements. Following good vocabulary practices, drug concepts include stable numeric identifiers, “dumb” numbers, and single-purpose identifiers—all designed to enhance meaning precision and stability. |
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