CPOE Manual

Version 1.0, Updated 8/8/11

OVERVIEW: How to Admit a Patient

OVERVIEW: How to Transfer a Patient

OVERVIEW: How to Discharge a Patient

How to Admit a Patient

Transferring a Patient

Status Change Orders

How to Enter in Problems & Diagnoses

Manipulating Orders

CPOE Tips/Tricks

• Creating Favorite Orders
• CPOE Pearls

Medicine Reconciliation

• Admission Medicine Reconciliation
• Transfer Medicine Reconciliation
• Discharge Medication Reconciliation

Discern Alerts/Duplicate Alerts/Reminders

• Certain Errors and Alerts

Powerplans

• List of Powerplans in CPOE
• Anatomy of a Powerplan
• Discontinuing Serial Orders
• Single Orders
• Anatomy of an Order Sentence

Pharmacy/Medications

• Ordering Medications
• Entering in Allergies
• Ordering IV Fluids
• Ordering Pressors
• Insulin Sliding Scale
• Hard Stop Versus Soft Stop for Meds
• Floating Clock Administration Times
• Standard Administration Times
• Ordering a Heparin Drip
• Ordering Weight Based Medications, Lovenox
• Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
• Tapering Meds: Prednisone Taper

Laboratory

• Add On Lab Orders
• Labs
• Cycling Lab Orders: Troponin

Nursing/Ancillary Orders

• Common Nursing Orders
• Generic Nurse Communication Orders
• Occupational Therapy Orders
• Physical Therapy Orders
• Speech Therapy Orders
• Consults

Diets

• Tube Feeding
• Diets

Blood Bank

• Blood Transfusions
• Transfusing Platelets
• Transfusing FFP
• Transfusing Cryoprecipitate

Cardiology

• Ordering Cardiac Stress Tests
• Echocardiogram
• EKG Orders

Diagnostic Imaging

• Radiology Orders

Emergency Department

• Emergency Department CPOE
• Bed Request Orders
• Powerplans Showcase

Resources:

Bedboard	x5201
Cardiology (Lori Smith)	x5152
Clinical Documentation Team (8A - 4P)	x5210 799-0272 (Pager)
CPOE Support for Providers, available 24/7	x6400
IS Help Desk	x5687
Laboratory (Lauren Telesca)	x5804
Pharmacy	x5246
Dietary (Cynthia Cave-Gaetani)	x5330
PowerChart / CPOE Support for Nursing:  7:00 AM - 7:00 PM	799-0333 (Pager) 799-0027 (Pager)
Rehabilitation Department (Lori O'Conner)	x5525
Respiratory Department (Judy Kochmanski)	x5518 799-8951 (Pager)
Social Work (Peggy Steinberg)	x5590