Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) standard is a process of electronic entry and recording of medical practitioner instructions for the treatment of patients (particularly hospitalized patients) under his or her care. In Filopto the CPOE's are defined as the Provider orders/test and other procedures to be performed for the patient care.
Located in the EMR CPOE section it is divided into 3 sections: Medication/Prescriptions, Laboratory Test, Radiology/Imaging/Clinical
The Medication /Prescription section allows users to easily enter medical drugs prescribed to a patient file. Users can pre-define a Preferred Drug List for easy access to normally prescribed drugs..
The CPOE sections utilizes the universal Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®) standard for recording Laboratory Test.
The transmission of the Order can be done via the HL7 communication standard and the participating hospital HL7 system. ( requires additional software - HL7 Messenger and Server, Most hospitals have customized HL7 interfaces (versions) which will require customization of the standard HL7 message - contact Accra Solutions Inc. for more information)
