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SPOTLIGHT: UPMC rolls out CPOE system, critics watch closely

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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center health system is rolling out a new CPOE system at one of its hospitals despite a study last year that found that found unexpectedly negative side effects of an earlier rollout at Children's Hospital. Dr. Eugene Wiener said, "I don't believe a single patient died because of this, and all of our data show that medication errors significantly decreased each year after implementing the system." Article

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