Emerging Health Information Technology Helps Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center Become a Fully Integrated Digital Hospital

Jan. 11, 2006--Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center has reached a milestone that less than 15 percent of U.S. hospitals have achieved: the replacement of paper-based physician orders with 100 percent direct computerized physician order entry (CPOE) to delivery better quality of care, increase patient safety and improve health outcomes. With the help of Emerging Health Information Technology, an experienced provider of healthcare information management solutions, Bronx Lebanon's physicians and clinicians now have access to a comprehensive view of patient history, test results and current medications at the exact time and place it is needed.

It is amazing that less than 15 percent of the U.S. hospital have switched over to a CPOE. Perhaps if companies would interface their systems so the transition would be easier for more hospitals the percentage would increase. Patient care and safety may improve with the use of technology in clinical settings. A team approach is necessary!