System evaluation paper
System Evaluation Paper
Donna Jackson
CIS/207
October 6, 2014
University of Phoenix
MGD is an automated pharmaceutical management product and service for hospitals and healthcare facilities in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). Its automated medication dispensing systems include ServeRx system, which involves automation software, medication and supply cabinets, bedside solutions, and computerized order entry devices for medication management (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). The computer also offers order entry module that promotes patient safety by eliminating transcription errors and providing real-time information at the patient’s bedside (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). The systems workflow and scheduling screen, provides nurses with view of patient data, and medication cabinets to ensure that only the prescribed medication is transferred to the patient’s specific drawer (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). Foundation software suite to automate the management of metrics, including medication error rate reduction, control substance management and documentation, billing accuracy, and reduction in inventory cost (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014).
In the past the ritual of making sure patients received their medicine in the hospital, was very complicated, and time consuming for all individuals involved. The process began with the doctor writing an order on a triple copy carbon paper. One copy of the order form went to the patient’s chart, one copy was sent to the pharmacy, and the nurse retained the other. As orders were sent to the pharmacy, technicians would check dosage, availability, and would deliver the medicine to a room in the hospital that was solely dedicated to medicine. In the room of medicine, there would, usually, be a medicine cart where each patient would have a drawer with their name on it. At the appropriate times, the nurse would check the doctors’
Donna Jackson
CIS/207
October 6, 2014
University of Phoenix
MGD is an automated pharmaceutical management product and service for hospitals and healthcare facilities in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). Its automated medication dispensing systems include ServeRx system, which involves automation software, medication and supply cabinets, bedside solutions, and computerized order entry devices for medication management (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). The computer also offers order entry module that promotes patient safety by eliminating transcription errors and providing real-time information at the patient’s bedside (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). The systems workflow and scheduling screen, provides nurses with view of patient data, and medication cabinets to ensure that only the prescribed medication is transferred to the patient’s specific drawer (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014). Foundation software suite to automate the management of metrics, including medication error rate reduction, control substance management and documentation, billing accuracy, and reduction in inventory cost (Bloomberg Business Week, 2014).
In the past the ritual of making sure patients received their medicine in the hospital, was very complicated, and time consuming for all individuals involved. The process began with the doctor writing an order on a triple copy carbon paper. One copy of the order form went to the patient’s chart, one copy was sent to the pharmacy, and the nurse retained the other. As orders were sent to the pharmacy, technicians would check dosage, availability, and would deliver the medicine to a room in the hospital that was solely dedicated to medicine. In the room of medicine, there would, usually, be a medicine cart where each patient would have a drawer with their name on it. At the appropriate times, the nurse would check the doctors’
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