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A Practical Approach to Optimize Computerized Provider Order Entry Systems and Reduce Clinician Burden: Pre-Post
Elise L Ruan1,2, Sarah C Rossetti1,3, Hanson Hsu4
1Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract:
Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems have been cited as a significant contributor to clinician burden. Vendor-derived measures and data sets have been developed to help with optimization of CPOE systems. We describe how we analyzed vendor-derived Order Friction (OF) EHR log data at our health system and propose a practical approach for optimizing CPOE systems by reducing OF. We also conducted a pre-post intervention study using OF data to evaluate the impact of defaulting the frequency of urine, stool and nasal swab tests and found that all modified orders had significantly fewer changes required per order (p<0.01). Our proposed approach is a six-step process: 1) understand the ordering process, 2) understand OF data elements contextually, 3) explore ordering user-level factors, 4) evaluate order volume and friction from different order sources, 5) optimize order-level design, 6) identify high volume alerts to evaluate for appropriateness.
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