Tops in Technology: Lifespan Hosts Symposium
 As a leader in computerized physician order entry (CPOE), Lifespan hosted the Siemens Invision Symposium in May.
CPOE is a technology that enables physicians to send patient orders directly to the pharmacy, laboratory, radiology and other departments. It prevents medication errors by checking dosage and alerts physicians to patient allergies. It also provides immediate access to clinical data, results and orders; and reduces the need for duplicate tests.
The Siemens symposium brought together physicians, nurses and other CPOE users from more than 30 hospitals across the country. The two-day symposium included interactive discussions facilitated by physicians and nurses who use CPOE at facilities such as Lifespan’s partner hospitals, SUNY Upstate Medical Center and Denver Health.
Participants were also able to see CPOE in action at Rhode Island Hospital. Nurses demonstrated the Medication Administration Check, a computerized system that requires a nurse to scan a patient’s wristband to ensure that medication is given safely.
Reid Coleman, MD, medical informatics officer for Lifespan says, “this event allows for the open exchange of ideas and debate about how to match technology to workflow to produce improvements in safety, quality and caregiver satisfaction, as well as developing best practices for driving physician adoption."
Lifespan hospitals have been able to reduce the time it takes to get medication from well over an hour to just 11 minutes Coleman says. Ninety percent of all orders now go through CPOE.
Lifespan has been named among the 100 most wired and 25 most wireless hospitals in America for the past four years by Hospitals and Health Networks magazine. CPOE is just one technology that contributes to this award.
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