Must Do Ability to schedule/track/notify multiple medication usage (Notify family members/ relevant parties in case user doesn’t take meds) Notifications must produce a visual cue (computer popup‚ phone tile)‚ an icon notification (like a number of notifications on app icon itself)‚ and auditory. Both the user and the admin/social worker must be able to add and modify existing schedules Send out reminders to take medication‚ if patient/user fails to do so within specified time frame Send out reminders
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Medication errors are all too common‚ jeopardizing the safety of patients; it may be a misinterpretation of a prescription‚ not having a complete history of a patient and dispensing drugs that could interact with other drugs adversely‚ or a patient administering the medication incorrectly‚ which are all preventable. There are numerous ways of preventing medication errors; therefore‚ the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) has recognized ten important factors that lead to errors. Anderson
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National legislation and Local guidelines play a major role in how school policies and procedures are developed and which are relevant to safeguarding children and young people and how they affect the day to day work with children and young people School safeguarding policies and procedures are drawn up by schools and all schools must ensure that they adhere to them as these are legal obligations according to the law in the UK. School policies constitute a number of agreed statements and beliefs
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2014 ADHD Medication With the tremendous increase in ADHD diagnosis‚ altercations have been emerging about whether or not ADHD medications are being overprescribed. Many people feel as though ADHD medications are needed for the condition‚ but are doctors just "handing" them out? Medications may be necessary depending on how severe the case is‚ but some people take advantage of it. As a community‚ we need to limit the amount of ADHD medications being prescribed by doctors. ADHD medications have been
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The excessive use of prescription medications has become a major pandemic around the world. It seems that teenagers are familiar as to what prescription medication abuse is‚ and are not aware of how easy it is to become addicted. Statistics say that it is quite normal to overtake prescription medications at very adolescent ages. “In fact‚ use of prescription painkillers by teens between the ages of twelve and seventeen has jumped 10-fold since the 1960s” (Teens Increasingly Abuse Painkillers Science
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cases‚ children need medication in order to survive. My best friend’s niece‚ Jessica‚ had a condition where she was very hyper and she could never stay still. Jessica’s doctor had prescribed her some medication in order for her to be able to be more calm. Jessica had been taking this medication for about six months. The results of the medication were great. Jessica was more calm and she obeyed her bedtime. She listened when her parents told her to sit quietly. The medication was actually working
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Medication utilized is as old as humankind itself. Individuals have dependably had a longing to eat or drink substances that make them feel casual‚ fortified‚ or euphoric. Since the mid 1960s‚ then again‚ medications have been in exceptionally across the board utilization. Prior to that time they were uncommon. An overall spread of medications happened amid that decade‚ and a huge rate of individuals got to be medication takers. There are different meanings of what a medication is. For the reasons
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lead to these occurrences. Medication Chart Audit Errors in the medication chart Actions and strategies to ensure ongoing safe administration 1. Incompleteness of the medication chart. The printed name of the prescriber and indication were not written. Ask the physician to tell you the name of the drug‚ the correct dosage‚ and what the drug is used for. 2. The patient’s medication allergies were incorrectly transcribed in the medications chart. If there was medication that was given to the patient
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Adverse Trends and Data Management Medication Errors Kim Orta University of Phoenix Health Care Informatics HCS 482 Mary Trevino October 24‚ 2013 Data Collection Tools EMR (Electronic Medical Record) EHR (Electronic Health Record) CPOE Computerized Provider Order Entry) UOR (Unusual Occurrence Report) Electronic Health Records (EHRs) Provide complete‚ reliable access to health information Improves safety and outcomes Reduces and prevents medication errors “EHRs don’t just contain and
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Children with ADHD are being prescribed strong medications such as Adderall‚ Vyvanse‚ Ritalin‚ and many others. “An estimated 5% of children have a form of ADHD. More boys are diagnosed than girls; it is the leading cause of referrals to mental health professionals‚ SPED and juvenile justice programs. (Children’s Mental Health Disorder Fact Sheet for the Classroom...)” Many times‚ parents are faced with the decision of choosing prescription medications as an alternative to trying different routes
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