According to the BWH study, in some cases an increase of potential adverse drug events was possible, especially when every dose of medications was not scanned. For barcode scanning technology to work as designed, every medication dose would have to Continue Reading...
Barcode ScanningIn a large metropolitan hospital, there have been multiple instances where patients received incorrect medications due to barcode scanning errors. The barcode system is meant to help nurses make certain that the right patient receives Continue Reading...
Anesthesia Record Keeping Needs to Change Healthcare Informatics is a growing field (Ben-assuli, 2015). Because electronic record keeping has been shown to improve quality, decrease medical errors, improve documentation and decrease cost, there has Continue Reading...
EMR Organizational change plan Introducing electronic medical records (EMR) Along with expanding health coverage to more Americans, one of the goals of recent federal policy has been the widespread adoption of electronic medical records (EMR) by h Continue Reading...
Medication Administration Tech Policy and Procedure Change Bar Code Reader System for Medication Administration Though the Utah State Hospital has an integrated electronic prescription system there is no evidence that the institution utilizes bar c Continue Reading...
A1. Advantages and Disadvantages of a System All health information systems (HIS) come with great advantages and some disadvantages that must be taken in account to keep patients safe. A HIS is a system that captures, retains information, and helps m Continue Reading...
Patient Identifiers The Importance of Patient Identifiers Adverse events as a consequence of medical treatment are now recognized to be a significant source of morbidity and mortality around the world (World Health Organization [WHO], 2005). Somewh Continue Reading...
EHR System Challenges What are the physicians trying to accomplish through buying the same EHR product at their hospital? What are the pros and cons? The physicians are attempting to achieve a way to make it simpler to attain all of the records of Continue Reading...
I have seen first-hand the effects that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has on soldiers’ lives. Soldiers, both during deployment and when back home in civilian life, have unique perspectives and experiences from which they draw on when th Continue Reading...
