CPOE Simulator at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Tim Zoph, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, and David C. Classen, MD, M.S., CMO, CSC. The session outlines the experience of Northwestern Memorial Hospital with the Leapfrog CPOE Testing Standard and reviews the basic aspects of the standard. Dr. Classen and Mr. Zoph also outline NMH’s experience as one of the earliest sites to take the test and then retaking the test in 2008. The session shares how NMH responded to the results of the first CPOE Test and how these interventions led to improvement in results in 2008.