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Jeffrey S. Upperman, Patricia Staley, Kerri Friend, Jocelyn Benes, Jacque Dailey, William Neches, and Eugene S. Wiener
The Introduction of Computerized Physician Order Entry and Change Management in a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital
Pediatrics 2005; 116: e634-e642 [Abstract] [Full text] [PDF]
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[Read eLetters] Do your CPOE software include a program for neonatal Total parenteral Nutrition?
Dennis Costakos   (1 February 2006)

Do your CPOE software include a program for neonatal Total parenteral Nutrition? 1 February 2006
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Dennis Costakos,
neonatologist
Mayo Health System, LaCrosse Wisconsin

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Re: Do your CPOE software include a program for neonatal Total parenteral Nutrition?

costakos.dennis{at}mayo.edu Dennis Costakos

This excellent paper is in may ways the model we should all follow as we change to Computerized ordering and Electronic medical records. I must ask: how do your Neonatologists order neonatal Total parenteral Nutrition? If it is handwritten from provider to pharmacy, why so? references: 1.Upperman JS, et al. The Introduction of Computerized Physician Order Entry and Change Management in a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital. Pediatrics. 2005 116:e634-e642 2.Costakos, Dennis T Of Lobsters, Electronic Medical Records, and Neonatal Total Parenteral Nutrition PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 2 February 2006, pp. e328-e332 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-1350) 3.Lehmann CU, Conner KG, Cox JM. Preventing Provider Errors: Online Total Parenteral Nutrition Calculator. Pediatrics. 2004;113:748-753. 4.Kaushal R, Bates DW, Landrigan C, McKenna KJ, Clapp MD, Federico F, Goldmann DA. Medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients. JAMA. 2001 Apr 25;285(16):2114-20.13. 5.Porcelli P. A Survey of Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Design Practices in North Carolina. Journal of Perinatology. 2004;24:137-142 6.Lambert, B. Baby Dies in Hospital, And Parents Plan to Sue. The New York Times, February 9, 2002.

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