A Behavioral Evaluation of the Transition to Electronic Prescribing in a Hospital Setting

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dc.contributor.authorCunningham, Thomas R.en
dc.contributor.committeechairGeller, E. Scotten
dc.contributor.committeememberJones, Russell T.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFinney, Jack W.en
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:34:10Zen
dc.date.adate2006-05-24en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:34:10Zen
dc.date.issued2006-04-18en
dc.date.rdate2006-05-24en
dc.date.sdate2006-04-24en
dc.description.abstractThe impact of Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) on the dependent variables of medication-order compliance and time to first dose of antibiotic was investigated in this quasi-experimental study of a naturally-occurring CPOE intervention. The impact of CPOE on compliance and time to first dose was assessed by comparing measures of these variables from the intervention site and a non-equivalent control before and during intervention phases. Medication orders placed using CPOE were significantly more compliant than paper-based medication orders (p<.001), and first doses of antibiotic ordered using CPOE were delivered significantly faster than antibiotic orders placed using the paper-based system (p<.001). Findings support previous research indicating the positive impact of CPOE on patient safety as well as justify and enable future interventions to increase CPOE adoption and use among physicians. Additionally, data collected in this study will be used to provide behavior-based feedback to physicians as part of CPOE adoption and use intervention strategies to be explored in the forthcoming research.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04242006-160854en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04242006-160854/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31873en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCunninghamthesisETDrevised.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectmedication erroren
dc.subjectCPOEen
dc.subjectbehavioral interventions in hospitalsen
dc.subjectmedical erroren
dc.subjectpatient safetyen
dc.titleA Behavioral Evaluation of the Transition to Electronic Prescribing in a Hospital Settingen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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