Table 1.

Table 1. Benefits of Electronic Order Sets Compared to Paper Order Sets

Paper Order Sets	Electronic Order Sets
Difficult to find	Readily accessible from anywhere
Clinician unaware the order set exists	Real time prompts when appropriate
Physical change to order set lags behind practice change	Order sets can be updated more easily when practice changes
Difficult to remove ‘old version’ from patient care areas	Old version is replaced with the new version
Patient may need more than one order set	Ability to link order sets for standardized elements of care
Possibly evidence-based	Can be linked to the evidence-based literature