Hi, all Up here in Canada, we've heard rumours that there are new standards coming in the USA regarding the use of HOLD orders for medications. (Specifically that they should not be used for safety reasons). Is this true? Our Nursing and Pharmacy departments are very interested in stopping their use here too, but the physician group is very concerned about it. They feel that the risk of having a medication "drop off" the profile when it should have continued is too high. We use POM for all our physician orders, and we're exploring different options that physicians could use instead of HOLD. Have any of you banned the use of HOLD orders in your hospitals? If so, have you put in processes (both electronic and non electronic) which support physician workflow for re-assessing D/C'd meds? How did you handle it in POM? Thanks for your help!
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