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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL INFORMATICS ASSOCIATION
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 349-355Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocv095
Keywords
computerized physician order entry; computerized decision support; CPOE/CDS market challenges; health information infrastructures
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- National Institute for Health Research under the Programme Grants for Applied Research programme [RP-PG-1209-10099]
- ESRC [ES/F028180/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [MR/K007017/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/F028180/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [MR/K007017/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [RP-PG-1209-10099] Funding Source: researchfish
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Objective To understand the evolving market of commercial off-the-shelf Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) and Computerized Decision Support (CDS) applications and its effects on their uptake and implementation in English hospitals. Methods Although CPOE and CDS vendors have been quick to enter the English market, uptake has been slow and uneven. To investigate this, the authors undertook qualitative ethnography of vendors and adopters of hospital CPOE/CDS systems in England. The authors collected data from semi-structured interviews with 11 individuals from 4 vendors, including the 2 most entrenched suppliers, and 6 adopter hospitals, and 21 h of ethnographic observation of 2 user groups, and 1 vendor event. The research and analysis was informed by insights from studies of the evolution of technology fields and the emergence of generic COTS enterprise solutions. Results Four key themes emerged: (1) adoption of systems that had been developed outside of England, (2) vendors' configuration and customization strategies, (3) localized adopter practices vs generic systems, and (4) unrealistic adopter demands. Evidence for our over-arching finding concerning the current immaturity of the market was derived from vendors' strategies, adopters' reactions to the technology, and policy makers' incomplete insights. Conclusions The CPOE/CDS market in England is still in an emergent phase. The rapid entrance of diverse products, triggered by federal policy initiatives, has resulted in premature adoption of systems that do not yet adequately meet the needs of hospitals. Vendors and adopters lacked understanding of how to design and implement generic solutions to meet diverse user needs.
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