Automated Supply Replenishment Systems Use A Computerized Information System

Following data entry is the production or fulfillment step. This is the step where pharmacists actually fill the prescriptions. The major problem encountered in this step is not having sufficient inventory to fill a prescription. This can be frustrating for the pharmacist and the customer. A possible solution to this problem is to fill the prescription in part; enough to get the customer started on their medication, and then when new shipment arrives fill the remaining portion of the prescription. This would require an entry to the customer’s record so that employees know the prescription was only partially filled. Also in order to implement this process, we would need our suppliers to expedite shipping of our restock orders. As a market leader, CVS should have no problem in getting its suppliers to work with them.

University Medical Center has recently upgraded to an electronic medical record system. The goal of this system is to create more efficient, reliable, and accessible charting and medical records for doctors, nurses, and patients. When first discussed, the staff acted favorably towards it. However, with the system now in place, the staff is having a hard time adjusting. The staff nurses believe that the charting takes time away from patient care. Charting is taking longer than it did using paper documentation. The nurses also notice that doctors’ orders are being entered wrong. They state that this is a huge issue, especially concerning medications because some staff may overlook the dosages, over-relying on the barcode scanners. Another major complaint is system downtime. The electronic medical record has only been implemented a month ago and there has already been three episodes of downtime. These issues, as well as the news of hackers accessing medical records of neighboring hospitals, have made the implementation of electronic documentation a slow process.

Therefore, the organization’s medical supplies services would be based locally and order in advance. Order would be place through the software that the vendor has available and offer. Which would automatically place orders when it reaches a certain stock number. Supplies are to be properly tracked with barcode by support staffs to use to check their supplies off and use. According to McKesson (2015), Strengthening Your

Unfortunately, with five medication aides and two managers all doing filing, records often get misplaced, whether they are put in the wrong section of the expand-a-file, filed under the wrong section of a resident’s binder or accidently get deposited into the secure shredding container. The implementation of a new health documentation system would be a marked improvement to the current system.

Use at least two patient identifiers when providing care. Double checking of ID bands and ID/Driver’s license of patient if possible. Using labels to mark all materials /items needed for the procedures. A two person check off procedure must be implemented. Items requiring labeling include: patient records, signed consents, and all assessments, diagnostic tests and x-rays. Also included should be any item that is needed for the procedure (blood products, devices, and equipment). Using a matching system, so that all items in the procedure area are matched to the patient. The matching system must be completed by a minimum of two staff members. These staff members should include a qualified staff member, nursing staff involved in the procedure, recovery room staff, and discharge staff.

Health care providers as well as nurses must keep track of all pertinent patient information and failure to do so leads to detrimental effect on the patient's life. CIS clinical information systems are "large, computerized database management systems that support several types of activities that include physician order entry, result retrieval, documentation and decision support". CIS is intended to replace medical records department of a hospital or any other medical institution. Physicians and clinicians can safely and quickly access information, order medication and treatments and implement appropriate care. CIS will hopefully improve productivity, increase quality care and reduce costs across the organization.

One of the most important steps in caring for hospitalized patients is medication administration. Patients come into the hospital to be treated so they will feel better, it does not matter what the physician does if the medications are not given to the patient they will not get better. According to McGonigle and Mastrian, the steps of administering medication have not changed in many years, they are “assessment of need, ordering, dispensing, administration, and evaluation” (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2012, p. 386). The purpose of this paper is explain the medication administration process that is used in my facility, to determine the technology used is effective.

Some hospital has enlisted support from companies that electronically query patients outpatient medications refill

Department Organization: This 358 hospital bed acute care facility. The HIM department is staffed with twenty one individuals who hold various positions. There is one with a RHIA credential, and two with RHIT credential. The other members of the department include Certified Coding Specialists (4), Certified Coding Associates (1), Birth Recorders (1.5), Clerks (2.2), Technicians (6), System Technician (1), Registry (.8) and Document Specialists (2.2) with many tasks shared among the entire team. The information flow begins with the patient discharge. A new chart is created for each discharge. The chart is assembled, coded and then analyzed by senior HIM Specialist for deficiencies. If the chart is complete the chart goes to the main file. If not, complete MD is notified.

The Home Depot Rapid Deployment Center’s inventory tracking system is based on a star network configuration. Each employee uses a Radio Frequency (RF) scanning gun to create labels placed on all inventory as it is received into inventory. Then, the labels on the inventory are scanned and located to predetermined locations in the building, tracking the inventory’s movement through the building. This tracking ensures that no inventory is lost while transitioning from receiving until it is placed on the correct trailer for shipment to our stores. Another function of the RF guns are to track the work being performed by the employees to compare against a predetermined set of standards. This data tells a story of how effectively each person is completing

These records make up part of the hospital’s information system. Said information systems must be readily accessible and will include all necessary information including, human resources, financial information, and most importantly medical records. By updating a patient’s record and making it readily available to all health care providers, the information system allows a flow of information from one department to the other; without risking the loss of paper notes on the way (Pozgar 2007).

As medication plays an important role when it comes to resolving health related problem and improve patient’s health, at time the process to prescribe or the process followed by many of the clinician itself can be complex and erroneous. Such process can cause many medications related injuries, permanent health related problems. A proper system in place can not only bypass this problem but also helps better manage medication prescribing and lower the cost of medication related operations, Computerized Provider Order Entry is

ECVS IT needs will be very basic and can be handled internally by pharmacist and technicians. The software that is needed will be computer based and can be used with a LAN network connection or through Wi-Fi, if a connection is not available. ECVS’s technology focuses on supporting, streamlining, improving workflow and increasing customer safety through the use of best practices and reliable systems. The first system that ECVS uses is the electronic record keeping which is critical to the operations of the pharmacy and impacts how we are able to further assist customers with prescriptions a well as work with physicians and hospital to provide the right care for the customer. The electronic system will maintain information

The other terms used to describe EMR include hospital information system (HIS), computerized system (CS), and computerized physician order entry system (CPOE). This computerized setting supports the patient’s EMR across inpatient and outpatient environments and is used by health care providers to manage, monitor, and document health care delivery within a care delivery organization. The health care industry has learned from other industries that computers facilitate the speed of communication, the accuracy of information, capacity for information storage, data retrieval, and date revision. Leaders in the health care industry are developing computerized clinical record systems to manage the huge volume of

This is an important factor in the pharmacy setting in regards to inventory. For the second half day, I helped the technician work the drive through window. The technician taught me how to search a patient in the database and to see how many prescriptions they had ready to be picked