The average percentage of medication orders entered electronically by each group of staff in each benchmark group.
| All Respondents |
Most Wired |
Least Wired |
IT Quality Leaders |
Federal Hospitals |
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| Physicians | 16% | 36% | 2% | 54% | 78% |
| Nurses | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| Pharmacists | 67 | 52 | 65 | 34 | 11 |
| Nonclinicians | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Not entered electronically | 6 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| Total medication orders | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Source: 2006 Hospitals & Health Networks' Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study
This article 1st appeared in the July 2006 issue of HHN Magazine.
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