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- is a nonprofit organization that works to optimize the use of technologies in a healthcare setting.
Information systems are interrelated components working together to collect, process, store, and disseminate
information to support decision making, coordination, control, analysis, and viualization in an organization
As you can see, these definitions focus on two different ways of describing information systems:
the components that make up an information system and the role that those components play in an organization.
Let’s take a look at each of these.
Five components:
Hardware
Software
Data
People
Process
Different types of digitized health records that contain most of the same types of information.
a. Reduced labor
- refers to the process of providers entering and sending treatment instructions – including medication, laboratory, and
radiology orders – via a computer application rather than paper, fax, or telephone.
Reduce errors and improve patient safety: At a minimum, CPOE can help your organization reduce errors by ensuring
providers produce standardized, legible, and complete orders. In addition, CPOE technology often includes
built-in clinical decision support tools that can automatically check for drug interactions,
medication allergies, and other potential problems
Improve efficiency: By enabling providers to submit orders electronically, CPOE can help your organization get medication,
laboratory, and radiology orders to pharmacies, laboratories, and radiology facilities faster, saving time and improving
efficiency.
FEATURES OF CPOE
a. Ordering . Orders are communicated to all departments, improving response time and avoiding scheduling problems and
conflict with existing orders.
b. Patient-centered decision support. The ordering process includes a display of the patient's medical history and current
results and evidence-based clinical guidelines to support treatment decisions.
c. Patients safety features. Allows real-time patient identification, drug dose recommendations, adverse drug reaction, also
reviews and checks on allergies and test or treatment conflicts. Physicians and nurses can review orders immediately for
confirmation.
The Basic:
a. Bar code
- is a graphic representation of data (alpha, numeric, or both) that is machine-readable. -are a way of encoding numbers
and letters by using a combination of bars and spaces of varying widths. Both the lines and spaces are read, are often used to
help organize and index information or prices about an object.
c. BCMA system consists of a barcode printer, a barcode reader, a mobile computer (with Wi-Fi), a computer server and
software.
* BCR (barcode reader)or scanner, also known as a POS (point of sale) scanner is a hardware input device capable of reading a
barcode using a laser.
* Barcode printer is a hardware device capable of printing adhesive barcodes that can be attached to a product to identify it
and help keep inventory.
Two types of barcodes:
1. Linear barcodes - "one dimensional" barcode that is made up of lines and spaces of various widths that create specific
patterns
2. 2D barcodes- incorporate rectangles, dots, hexagons, and other geometric patterns to form scannable squares and
rectangles.
Types of 2D Barcodes: Data Matrix Codes, QR Codes
a. Document Routing
You can batch scan documents with barcodes and save the documents into different groups based on the barcode value
b. Inventory
For inventory, barcodes are useful for tracking medical devices or implantable devices. Medical devices are costly and
represent significant investments that a healthcare facility makes. Using barcodes to track their location, such as when
one device is checked out or in and by whom, can help prevent their theft or misplacement.
c. Asset Tracking
Barcodes can then be used to track devices given to a patient. This can work both ways. You can track a device to each
patient it was given to and you can track who administered it. For the administrator, this can include a doctor, nurse or
other staff. For tracking where the device came from, this can include suppliers or manufacturers. These trails in an EHR
are all helpful in administering patient care or for managing device vendors and their transactions with you.
Robotic dispensing can fill 30-60% of your daily prescription volume. It does this work with extreme accuracy and safety. The
robot actually drives the workflow and eliminates chaos in both high and low volume practice settings. From the largest
hospitals in the world to the smallest retail pharmacies,
ScriptPro is freeing up pharmacists' time to provide additional patient care and create new revenue services.
Manage employment costs and cover peak times without extra staff
Track will call, partial fill, and out of stock prescriptions
Dispense prescriptions safely and quietly-no air pressurized dispensing
Ensure no cross-contamination-dispenses directly into vial
Easily calibrate cells on-site when drugs change
ROBOT-Rx is a centralized drug distribution system that automates the storage, dispensing, return, restocking and crediting of
unit-dose, bar-coded inpatient medications.
4. Automated Dispensing Machines (ADM)
ADCs allow drugs to be stored and dispensed near the point of care while the control and track the drug distribution.
Hospital pharmacies have traditionally provided drugs to the wards through the ward-stock system. The ADCs are designed to
replace non-automated ward stock storage and have facilitated the transition to alternative delivery models and more
decentralized medication distribution systems. ADCs can improve patient safety and the accountability of the inventory,
reduce costs and lead to increased nursing and patient satisfaction. Because automated dispensing cabinets track user access
and dispensed medications, their use can improve control over medication inventory. The real-time inventory reports
generated by many cabinets can simplify the filling process and help pharmacy track expired drugs.
When looking at this market, we should consider that there are several product lines, including:
Company
AcuDose- is the third largest pharmacy
automation product line. Their dispensing units
Pyxis- This technology was initially built as an have been recently redesigned, and offer a
extension of their medication products, feature that allows nurses to hold their place in
the workflow if they get interrupted and have to
come back later.
Omnicell- had clear Plexiglass-like panels on
most sides, making it easier to see supplies.
They also made it faster to get in, get supplies,
CAPSA
and log out, and used a patented “guiding
lights” technology to help users locate supplies
in the cabinets.
Less emphasis on paperwork and more time spent with the patient, which increases efficiency;
Less administrative errors, with changes being recorded instantly;
More accurate documentation of a patient’s vital signs, problem lists, pain scales and other information;
More accurate medication records and other patient history, using medication and other barcodes for quick scanning
and reporting options;
Reminders to pass along to the patients, including overdue medications, reports needed and more;
A friendly interface that multiple users can feel comfortable using;
Modifications and settings that each user can change to accommodate their own industries and preferences;
Availability on wired and wireless networks and in several hardware options, such as desktop computers, laptops and
handheld devices with touch screens;
Easier reporting to superiors and patients.