Implementation of a Novel Computerized Physician Order Entry System

Implementation of a Novel Computerized Physician Order Entry System to Reduce Medication Errors

The objective of this prospective study is to build a real-time interactive platform where doctors and pharmacists may communicate and solve patients' drug-related problems (DRP) immediately and document accordingly. This study will also design a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system utilizing default protocol for chemotherapy order entry.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Computerized Physician Order Entry
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: satisfaction questionnaire

Detailed Description

To err is human. Most errors are caused by problems in the system. Punishing health personnel cannot prevent the same mistakes. The only solution is a good medication system. CPOE system can prevent prescribing errors. The CPOE system is always the major step in some studies concerning reducing prescribing errors, dispensing errors or administering errors. In this user-friendly and convenient era, improvement in the CPOE system is an immediate need.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 80

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Fe-Lin L. Wu, MSCP,Ph D; Phone Number: 8389 +886-2-23123456; Email: flwu@ntu.edu.tw

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taipei, Taiwan, 10051
    • Recruiting
    • National Taiwan University Hospital
    • Contact: Fe-Lin L Wu, PhD; Phone Number: 8389 +886-2-23123456; Email: flwu@ntu.edu.tw
    • Principal Investigator: Fe-Lin L Wu, MSCP,PhD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 24 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

NTUH pharmacists

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• NTUH pharmacists

Exclusion Criteria:

• NTUH pharmacists who have never recorded drug related problems

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Observation; Those who will use the new CPOE system	Behavioral: satisfaction questionnaire; Satisfaction questionnaire; Other Names: questionnaire

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
the timeliness and efficiency of pharmacist's response in DRPs, the average prescription error rate and the satisfaction questionnaire before and after implementation of the new CPOE system.	2 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
• Collaborators: National Taiwan University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Fe-Lin L. Wu, MSCP,Ph D, Department of Pharmacy, N.T.U.H.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: September 1, 2007
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2008
• Study Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 9, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 9, 2008
• First Posted (Estimate): July 11, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): July 11, 2008
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 9, 2008
• Last Verified: June 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pharmaceutical care; computerized physician order entry; medication errors; chemotherapeutic agents; reengineering
• Other Study ID Numbers: 200803060R