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Computerized Physician Order Entry System Works for Burlington, N.C, Hospital.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

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By Alice Shelton, Times-News, Burlington, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 24--When Dr. Kenneth Fath, a local cardiologist, needs to order medication for a patient he doesn't pull out a prescription pad. Instead, he walks up to a computer terminal at Alamance Regional Medical Center and types in the order.

Since 1998, doctors at the hospital have been using a computerized system to type in orders for patient services ranging from medications to lab tests.

The hospital was among the first in the nation to begin using the computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system. Today, only about 5 percent of the nation's hospitals have ...

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