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Article: An Rx for Reducing Medication Errors: Seeking to improve patient safety, providers are automating the medication administration process-despite some significant challenges.
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- Health Data Management
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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Lori Yackanicz at Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network likens the cost-benefit analysis of automating the medication administration process to the ubiquitous advertisements used by MasterCard.
Bar code technology? Not inexpensive.
Electronic medication administration records system? A serious investment.
Computerized physician order entry system? A major expenditure.
The ability to catch medication errors before they occur? Priceless.
During the last four years, Lehigh Valley has invested a total of $4 million on technology and training to help reduce medication errors. While the I.T. has helped the delivery system ...