Use of Computerized Provider Order Entry Events for Postoperative Complication Surveillance

Abstract

Importance: Conventional approaches for tracking postoperative adverse events requires manual medical record review, thus limiting the scalability of such efforts. Objective: To determine if a surveillance system using computerized provider order entry (CPOE) events for selected medications as well as laboratory, microbiologic, and radiologic orders can decrease the manual medical record review burden for surveillance of postoperative complications. Design, Setting, and Participants: This cohort study reviewed the medical records of 21775 patients who underwent surgical procedures at a university-based tertiary referral center (University of Utah, Salt Lake City) from July 1, 2007, to August..