Table 2.

Hospitals That Have Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) in 2002

Analysis of Institutions with CPOE
Category		Number Answering	Percent of Those Answering
Availability	Complete (all orders can be entered in all locations)	60	59.4
	Partial (offered in some form or in some locations)	41	40.6
	Total	101	100.0
Inducement	Required (no other option exists except in emergencies)	42	46.2
	Encouraged (program in place to encourage use; other options are discouraged)	18	19.8
	Optional (available and there is no active program to increase use)	31	34.0
	Total	91	100.0
Participation	0–10% of physicians use it	14	17.7
	11–50% of physicians use it (collapsed)	23	29.1
	51–90% of physicians use it (collapsed)	6	7.6
	91–100% of physician use it	36	45.6
	Total	79	100.0
Saturation	0–10% of physicians' orders entered this way	20	28.2
	11–50% of physicians' orders entered this way (collapsed)	11	15.5
	51–90% of physicians' orders entered this way (collapsed)	15	21.1
	91–100% of physicians' orders entered this way	25	35.2
	Total	71	100.0