Swot Analysis
CPOE Implementation at Brigham and Women 's Hospital:
The SWOT Analysis
Harsimrat Bagga
Davenport University
Abstract
This paper focuses on the implementation of the Computerized Physician Order Entry System, CPOE at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. It provides complete analysis of the project, targeting its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. This assessment will provide a better insight of whether continual application of CPOE is beneficial for the institution or should be restrained.
CPOE implementation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital:
The SWOT Analysis
Brigham and Women’s Hospital has been one of the foremost institutions in investing in the latest information technology system. In 2004, it adopted the Computerized Physician Order Entry system, CPOE and since then it is evaluating its potentials and limitations. The CPOE is an advance technology that allows doctors, nurse practitioners and the physician’s assistants to electronically input the medications or the test orders via a computer rather than documenting it in the hand-written forms or the prescription scripts. This program has various practical applications but it also comes with the negative aspects that are also needed to be explored. This SWOT analysis will provide a deeper understanding of its implementation on the organization and the external environment (Brigham and Women 's Hospital, 2012).
Strengths
CPOE has been known to have several advantages. The orders are enacted electronically which are faster, standardized and are much easier to comprehend, rather than trying to decipher perplexing handwritten scripts. Thus, this is minimizing the confusions or misinterpretations which can jeopardize the patient’s health. It also enables the doctor to assess the information from computer at the hospital facility or even through the mobile devises, allowing more flexibility in retrieving the information. The doctor merely has to enter the adequate
The SWOT Analysis
Harsimrat Bagga
Davenport University
Abstract
This paper focuses on the implementation of the Computerized Physician Order Entry System, CPOE at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. It provides complete analysis of the project, targeting its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. This assessment will provide a better insight of whether continual application of CPOE is beneficial for the institution or should be restrained.
CPOE implementation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital:
The SWOT Analysis
Brigham and Women’s Hospital has been one of the foremost institutions in investing in the latest information technology system. In 2004, it adopted the Computerized Physician Order Entry system, CPOE and since then it is evaluating its potentials and limitations. The CPOE is an advance technology that allows doctors, nurse practitioners and the physician’s assistants to electronically input the medications or the test orders via a computer rather than documenting it in the hand-written forms or the prescription scripts. This program has various practical applications but it also comes with the negative aspects that are also needed to be explored. This SWOT analysis will provide a deeper understanding of its implementation on the organization and the external environment (Brigham and Women 's Hospital, 2012).
Strengths
CPOE has been known to have several advantages. The orders are enacted electronically which are faster, standardized and are much easier to comprehend, rather than trying to decipher perplexing handwritten scripts. Thus, this is minimizing the confusions or misinterpretations which can jeopardize the patient’s health. It also enables the doctor to assess the information from computer at the hospital facility or even through the mobile devises, allowing more flexibility in retrieving the information. The doctor merely has to enter the adequate
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