CHP IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND STRATEGIES
Development
In 2002, the CHP launched an effort to implement
a hospital-wide introduction of CPOE. The CHP system
went “live” in October 2002, but the preparation
process started 1 year before the first computerized
order was placed. Although the intense preparation
seemed exhaustive, it was critical to the success of
the CPOE phase-in at CHP. CPOE, like many other
global organizational changes, can be uncomfortable
and onerous at times, but the transformation is justified
by the eventual outcome of improving patient
safety and health care quality.