HCTW news: Hospital manages meds with high-tech system
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, July 17, 2008
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A new medication management system has helped a Georgia hospital carefully track and document a patient's prescription, including the correct dose to be administered.
ServeRx Smart Cart, developed by MDG Medical Inc., allows nurses, physicians, and other clinical workers at Effingham Hospital in Springfield, GA, to access a patient's meds any time of day. The system's display screen allows healthcare workers to enter a medication order electronically; medications are then stored in both medication-specific and patient-specific drawers below the screen. This allows the medication to be carefully documented. And the system's patient-specific drawers will open only after a patient's bar-coded wristband is scanned.
The new system aims to reduce human error and improve patient safety by providing a more efficient method for medication management.
Source: MDG Medical, Effingham Herald (GA)
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Pilot project reduces medical errors
Illinois study outlines medication management
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