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Evaluating inter-professional work support by a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system.

Zahra Niazkhani¹, Habibollah Pirnejad, Antoinette de Bont

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Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems often fail to support multi-professional collaboration. This study reveals CPOE systems disrupt workflows and hinder communication, necessitating workarounds for effective medication management.

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Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Medical Workflow Analysis
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems are increasingly adopted in healthcare settings.
Current CPOE designs often prioritize physician-centric workflows, potentially neglecting inter-professional collaboration.
Understanding the impact of CPOE on multi-professional workflows is crucial for optimizing healthcare delivery.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the alignment between the conceptual workflow model of a CPOE system and the actual inter-professional workflow in medication ordering and administration.
To identify workflow integration issues arising from CPOE implementation in a Dutch academic medical center.
To provide insights for designing or redesigning CPOE systems to better support inter-professional collaboration.

Main Methods:

Conducted 23 semi-structured interviews with key informant users involved in the medication process.
Analyzed handwritten documents and computerized printouts from daily work.
Interviews transcripts were analyzed thematically, focusing on task division, information flow, and task coordination.

Main Results:

The CPOE system significantly reorganized existing work procedures by reassigning tasks and expertise.
While improving one-way information flow from physicians to nurses/pharmacists, the system lacked reverse information transaction capabilities.
The CPOE system failed to adequately coordinate inter-disciplinary medication-related tasks, forcing professionals to use supplementary communication methods.

Conclusions:

CPOE implementation can lead to workflow integration issues by disrupting established inter-professional practices.
Current CPOE systems may not fully support the collaborative nature of the medication process.
Future CPOE system design must integrate the tasks, information, and expertise of all professional groups to effectively support inter-professional workflows.