Recent News: Northeast at 96 Percent CPOE

BEVERLY, MA (December 3, 2009) -- There are several secrets to the Northeast Health System’s 96 percent uptake of computer physician order entry (CPOE), but they all boil down to collaboration.

“We really pulled together,” said Robert Laramie, CIO of the Beverly, Mass.-based health system, which serves communities along the state’s north shore. “It was amazing.”

The health system, which uses a Meditech electronic health record, includes 58-bed Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, BayRidge Hospital, a 62-bed psychiatric hospital in Lynn, and 227-bed Beverly Hospital in Beverly. There are also two outpatient facilities – Beverly Hospital at Danvers, a day medical and surgery center, and Beverly Hospital Cable Center in Ipswich.

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