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In the classroom, it is very important to have lab safety. In a hospital pharmacy, lab safety is essential to ensuring a safe dosage to each patient. Throughout my time interning as a pharmacist at the UVM Medical center, I was often observing how much pharmacists used DoseEdge software. DoseEdge automated system that assists the process of dose routing and preparation. This product of Baxter has allowed the tasks of pharmacy change. The focus of my project was “How does current and future technology affect efficiency and accuracy in pharmacy practice?”. Through my research of Baxter’s website, articles about their product, and reports of advancing technologies in pharmacy, I found that DoseEdge is very successful in productivity and safety in the workplace. Before DoseEdge, everything was required to be prepared by hand. This required a lot of responsibility for for pharmacists and technicians to make the correct dosage in the quickest manner. Medicine is very important to a hospital, so it is very important to have the most efficient way in preparing and distributing it. This allows pharmacist to have a better way of double-checking the preparation of drugs. In each IV hood, there is an overhead camera that takes pictures of what drug and how much of it the technician is using. Pharmacist can view multiple orders all by computer without the need of being physically next to the technician. There are also requirements to have two pharmacists check the same order for high risk drugs like chemotherapy. This

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.

The use and advancement of technology has expanded throughout the years. Technology has recently begun to be incorporated into the healthcare setting to enhance patient care, patient safety, and to optimize therapeutic outcomes. This concept is otherwise known as medical informatics, and is composed of six core areas: electronic health records (EHR), computerized provider order entry (CPOE), electronic prescribing, pharmacy automation and dispensing systems, privacy and security of informatics, and telehealth. Computerized provider order entry specifically refers to a licensed healthcare professional inputting medication orders and other medical information into an electronic pharmaceutical program.1 However, implementing CPOE has revealed

In my culture, society looks down at mental illness and when news of mental illness gets out in the society, one’s reputation is pretty much destroyed. My elder brother, Imran, was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was a teenager. My family was still living in Bangladesh at the time and my brother’s illness was treated as a secret by my parents. My parents went above and beyond to hide my brother’s illness because we come from a culture that is quick to condemn parents for their children being abnormal, my family felt very protective of the fact that we had mental illness in our family. Family visitation and guests in our home were strictly monitored by my mother and my siblings and I were coached to make excuses for my brother. My brother’s illness shaped me as a person because I realized that I needed to be able to overcome the obstacles life throws in my way in order to take care of my family.

I have had to face many obstacles in my life. I have learned that every obstacle can either make you stronger or brake you. If overcoming the obstacle were easy, everyone would do it quickly and without any difficulties. It is the joy of overcoming the obstacles that makes everything so much worth it. In my case every obstacle has had a purpose. Three unforgettable obstacles that I have overcome are my childhood, an abusive domestic violent relationship, and jail time.

Today’s healthcare environment is facing tremendous challenges in order to ensure safe, quality care, while simultaneously providing affordable care that is still able to produce revenue. With continuously escalating healthcare demands emerging from the population, healthcare providers and professionals have no choice but to accept these challenges and put forth the best possible approach to meet these demands involving patient care. New ideas for managing tests, medications, procedures, orders and delivery of care must continuously be considered by the healthcare organizations to ensure that the care they provide is appropriate, safe, efficient and cost effective. Periodically providers run into trouble

There is so much suffering people have to deal with in this world. I believe we are given an obstacle we have to overcome. It just depends on the person’s inner strength and will to not give up and keep trying. Nancy proves this to be true she is different from others in her condition especially how she refers to herself as a cripple. Throughout the essay she writes about her experience and her journey with MS. The way she goes about it makes her readers not feel bad for her but to feel proud for her because she has not given up. Its shows us that she’s accepted the obstacle given to her and she is not giving up even knowing her illness doesn’t have a cure.

Since I work in the retail setting, I was unfamiliar with the standard procedure of operations in the hospital. I learned that doctors placed orders, which then the pharmacists sometimes have to electronically enter into a system called EPIC. Often, orders are already entered by nurses into EPIC, so the pharmacists would check the order by reviewing the name of the medication, dosage, frequency, and administration route, such as intravenously, intramuscularly, or subcutaneously or intravenous push.

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My life isn’t that appealing, I always imagined myself in better position that I am now, maybe living out of state somewhere with a boyfriend who loves me and a job that could sustain my college tuition. If you would have asked me at the age of eight what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said something on the line of “a Lawyer, Doctor, or even an Astronaut” but no one ever tells you how hard its going to be and how much debt you’ll be in at the age of twenty-five. From childhood to adulthood, everyone chooses a path, where they must overcome obstacles thrown at them. Obstacles in life make us who where are, they make us learn, and they predict how we will turn out. My obstacles consist of mental, physical, and social throughout my childhood, adolescence, and adulthood years which made me who I am today.

Prompt #2: Describe an obstacle that you’ve experienced. What does your experience show about your character?

Chapter five discusses computerized provider order entry (CPOE). CPOE systems allow health care organizations access to tools that enhance the efficiency and delivery of patient care. While CPOE technology has proved beneficial, it is not deprived of challenges. The article that I selected to review, “Hospitals’ Computerized Systems Proven to Prevent Medication Errors, but More is Needed to Protect Patients from Harm or Death” (TheLeapfrogGroup, 2016) discusses how medication errors still occur despite the implementation of this technology.

A good innovation or change that would improve medication administration, decrease or erradicate medication errors, thereby improving patient’s safety would be to get rid of the Pyxis mache and install a new electronic health recording device such as an EPIC with dual function of medication dispensation, e- charting properties, medication verfication, lab requisitions etc., all of which were performed previously with 4 different devices in the hosptal. Implementation of this advance EHR device would allow both the nurses and physicians enter their notes legibly in the machine thereby preventing errors. Also the device would provide for a bar coding system, and computerized check listing system which would provide proper identification of the patients and medications which would lead to patient safety, reduce cost for the hospital, and improve outcome (Collins, Newhouse, Porter, & Talsma, 2014). In order for this change to be effective and improve safety, staff will need to be trained on how to operate the device and use it safely to prevent medication errors (McAlearney, Terris, Hardacre, Spurgeon, Brown, Baumgart, & Nyström, 2014).

The Philips Medication Dispensing Service is a reliable tamper resistant device that dispenses the right drugs at the right time. It is marketed to seniors who take medication on a complex schedule, run the risk of incorrect medication use, have cognitive or physical impairments, and are independent at home. [1] The device dispenses pre-filled dosage cups after an audio alert is given to takes the pills at pre-set times. The aim is to end missing doses and mistaking one pill bottle for another. The cost to own this device is around $900, but hospitals and many health care agencies offer month-to-month rentals of about $59.95 with a one time installation fee of $80. [2] It’s an affordable cost for those who are at risk of medication

Set-up and workflow of my pharmacy is pretty good for patient centered care. Patient does not have to wait too long for their prescriptions to be filled. Patients can call for their refills via telephone or online, which makes their life easy as they don’t have bother coming in-person for refills. Patient profile shows all medication history as well as number of refills remaining. This makes it easy for pharmacist to know whether to refill a prescription or call doctor for refill request. After confirming to fill a prescription pharmacist runs claim through insurance and print label after claim is successful. All medication is arranged alphabetically on shelves, thus it is easy and quick to retrieve. Then after technician fills medication and then pharmacist checks it. This workflow is quite smooth and quick to process. Final check is done by pharmacist, who confirms right medication for right patient as well as the NDC dispensed, amount dispensed, direction for use, and day supply. All these steps of process take place on working table in sequential order, which helps to reduce errors in filling and have effective prescription filling. Once the prescription is filled pharmacist do all paper