CPOE Common Mistakes

Hiding Paper Order Sheets

In an attempt to "encourage" clinicians to use CPOE systems, organizations have tried various strategies. For example, one organization decided that since we are not going to mandate CPOE, we’ll at least make it difficult for them to use paper by hiding their order sheets. That was a mistake, because what happened was, the ward clerk got orders on a napkin and you can’t have a napkin in the medical-legal chart.