Misys

Health Management Technology, Oct, 2004

General internal medicine physicians at University Health Network's (UHN) Toronto General Hospital are now placing 95 percent of medication orders online--an essential last step toward the full activation of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) at the facility. Longtime users of Misys CPR (computer based patient record) solution, the physicians are now incorporating its CPOE tools to support UHN's patient safety initiative.

UHN has a total of 823 licensed beds that accommodate nearly 30,000 inpatients annually. The health network's three hospitals also serve more than 73,000 emergency department and 875,000 ambulatory patients each year.