Impact to Physicians
| Q: | How will ICIS affect my daily activities as a physician? |
| A: | Workflows have been posted on the SACH website to help with defining what will start, what will stop, and what will continue after ICIS activation. |
| Q: | Will my Personal Order Sets be available in ICIS? |
| A: | Personal Order Sets are a function available in SAMIS only. With CPOE we will use PowerPlans, Department and Physician Folders, which will all be available to the physicians in ICIS. |
| Q: | What are PowerPlans? |
| A: | PowerPlans are similar to our current Department or Guideline Order Sets but they are procedure or diagnosis driven, and designed with Evidence Base Practices. Placing orders through a PowerPlan allows the physician to easily manage orders in a variety of ways. |
| Q: | What is CPOE? |
| A: | CPOE is an acronym for Computerized Physician Order Entry. As the name implies, the system is designed for the physician to enter the orders. The physician will also manage orders (delete, add, enter new orders, etc…). |
| Q: | What is the benefit of CPOE? |
| A: | CPOE allows the physicians greater control of patient care and, therefore, patient safety. As the name implies, the physicians will be entering the orders into ICIS. This eliminates many of the potential problems such as: transcribing errors, unable to read written orders, misunderstood verbal/telephone orders, or an RN entering an order on the wrong patient. |
| Q: | Who will use CPOE? |
| A: | A list has been generated of the top 200 admitting, attending and consulting physicians at SACH. The physicians on that list are being targeted for CPOE due to the high number of patients in the hospital. Those physicians have been contacted by SACH administration. |
| Q: | Will I be required to use ICIS? |
| A: | Yes. All physicians (even ones not using CPOE) must sign into ICIS and check their Message Center frequently. Within ICIS, the Message Center is used to manage and sign documents, co-sign verbal and telephone orders, and convey information between members of the SACH healthcare team. |
