CPOE use is restricted to inpatient medications orders.

• A. Not applicable
• B. False
• C. True
• D. Unknown

Answer: (B)

CPOE is not limited to inpatient medication orders. It is used in both inpatient and outpatient settings to enter a wide range of orders, including medications, laboratory tests, imaging, and other clinical orders. In outpatient care, CPOE often appears as e-prescribing, enabling electronic transmission of prescriptions to pharmacies and providing decision support for allergies, drug interactions, dosing, and formulary checks. In the hospital, CPOE supports inpatient medication orders as well as orders for labs and imaging, typically with built-in safety checks. Because it spans settings and order types and includes decision-support tools, the statement is not accurate.