Paper Order Sets: Improve Quality Now and Build a Foundation for Computerized Practitioner Order Entry (CPOE) Success

Implementing a paper order set project prior to CPOE delivers immediate quality benefits while creating a foundation for a successful CPOE project.

Standardized evidence-based practices can be implemented in the organization while preparing for CPOE implementation.

The healthcare team can become familiar with how order sets work.

The cost of the CPOE configuration can be reduced by standardizing order set content prior to the CPOE build.

The cultural transformation required to work with decision support tools can be started.

Paper-based order sets dramatically improve care, demonstrating the value of decision support to clinicians.

The OSOS format is designed to work with all EHR systems and creates the content needed for a successful CPOE project.

Order sets are essential for physician workflow and integration of CPOE. Order sets provide the framework to transform care delivery and improve care. To be effective, CPOE requires an expanded library of order set content, typically 600 or more order sets and clinical protocols.

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