What Are the Benefits of Computerized Physician Order Entry

question 17

Multiple Choice

What are the benefits of computerized physician order entry?

• A)Reduction of adverse patient outcomes with only a slightly higher cost of care
• B)Decreased adverse effects for patients,reduction of cost of care,and decrease in length of stay for patients
• C)Higher costs,decreased length of stay
• D)Lower costs,increased length of stay,and a decrease in adverse patient outcomes

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Definitions:

Marginal Benefit

The heightened satisfaction or usefulness derived from the consumption of an extra unit of a good or service.

Marginal Cost

The cost added by producing one extra item of a product. It's a critical concept in economics for determining the optimum production level.

Supply-Side Market Failures

Overallocations of resources that occur when private supply curves understate the full cost of producing a good or service.

Demand Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of that good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices.