Plateforme de prescription informatisée: de l'ordre à l'itinéraire clinique

Computerised provider order entry is becoming a major factor in the field of electronic patient records, and a growing number of publications are addressing its numerous aspects. However, few studies have highlighted the importance of a global order entry platform capable of dealing with all orders needed for patient care and not only drug orders. In addition, a system of this kind must make it possible to group orders relating to a specific problem and avoid management of a list of single elementary orders which cannot reflect the clinical decision-making process. Finally, it is in the context of a process devoted to the global care of a patient, definable in a clinical pathway, that maximum benefit, with regard to quality, safety and economic efficiency, can be derived from computerised provider order entry.