Prescribing errors are the largest identified source of preventable hospital medical error. Health authorities and medical institutes now recommend that standardised ordering systems are used to help support clinicians’ ability to practise effectively.
Standardised ordering helps to improve consistency, accuracy and efficiency of patient management.
Flexible deployment options
Action Sets from the BMJ Evidence Centre pre-define the appropriate diagnostic and treatment orders for a range of common conditions, and can incorporate contextual patient information, local customisation and even clinician personalisation. They can be purchased as:
- Computerised Physician Order Entry – web-based actionable checklists for full integration and ordering with systems such as Cerner
- Paper-based checklists to be used as hard copies or for hosting on your own intranet or website (view a PDF example). Our paper-based checklists include access to the Action Sets portal, which allows you to access, download and customise paper-based Action Sets.
The list of conditions we cover grows daily. Separate Action Sets are created specifically for the different global healthcare regions, and reviewed by local experts.
Authoritative content
The BMJ Evidence Centre is uniquely able to channel the clinical expertise of its staff and its organisational experience as a world-renowned healthcare information provider into workflow-oriented information solutions. Action Sets bring critical information from Best Practice, BMJ Point of Care and Clinical Evidence into the heart of the clinical workflow.
Key features:
- Improve consistency and quality of care
- Embed authoritative decision-support information within existing workflows
- Decrease delay in order completion
- Reduce handwriting or transcription errors
- Customise to ensure local guidelines are observed
Action Sets were developed within the Cerner Millennium CareDesigner tool, and support immediate, pre-validated integration with the PowerChart module of the Cerner Millennium system. Find out more about Action Sets for Millennium.
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Contact us for more information about how Action Sets could simplify and improve patient management in your organisation.
