 Amalga HIS Medication ManagementSeamlessly manage every aspect of medication therapy A closed-loop medication system is vital to your hospital’s medication safety strategy. With multiple people determining the right medication, dose, and timing for a patient from hour to hour, the medication use process is rife with opportunity for serious medication error. Errors resulting in preventable adverse drug events occurred in all stages of the medication use process*: |
| Prescribing (56%) – Medications contraindicated because of allergies, age, health conditions, or drug interactions can be inadvertently prescribed. Administration (34%) – Mistakes at bedside can result from miscommunication, inaccurate information, caregiver knowledge deficits, or medications administered to the wrong patients. Transcribing (6%) – Illegible handwriting can result in misunderstood instructions, inaccurate doses, and wrong medications. Dispensing (4%) – Errors in stocking and selecting medications by pharmacists, technicians, and nurses.
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|  Microsoft Amalga Hospital Information System (HIS) 2009 Medication Management is a true closed-loop medication management system that helps facilitate the entire medication use process—from prescribing to administration—on a single platform, designed expressly with caregiver workflow in mind.
Amalga HIS Medication Management delivers sophisticated features to support the way clinicians work, including: |
| International support: Allows for customization of user interfaces to present data in any Unicode-supported language, and automatic translation and printing of prescription container labels in virtually any language. Flexible prescribing: Supports a hybrid of electronic and paper prescribing, with scanned and bar-coded paper prescriptions for tracking and accuracy, to foster phased implementation and clinician adoption. Intuitive drug screening: Screens drugs automatically based on patient’s profile, enabling doctors to select from lists of prechecked safe medications, with minimal pop-up alerts.
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| Amalga HIS Medication Management lets physicians, nurses, and pharmacists involved in a patient’s care share a single view of medication information—for coordinated care and communication. |
| Amalga HIS Medication Management enables: | Effective information transfer. Information flows smoothly so that it can remain fully intact at each handoff. Coordinated care processes. Shared views of a single data source reduce the chance that medication orders will be misinterpreted or overlooked. Seamless management of every aspect of medication therapy. Recorded medication effects are fed back into the system so that doctors can adjust dosages and make follow-up decisions about treatment. Flexible work styles. Amalga HIS Medication Management enables clinicians to work the way they feel most comfortable, with hybrid electronic and paper processes for confidence, ease, and increased likelihood of adoption.
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| * D W Bates, D J Cullen, N Laird, et al., “Incidence of Adverse Drug Events and Potential Adverse Drug Events: Implications for Prevention,” Journal of the American Medical Association, 247 (1995): 29–34. |
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|  | | | | | Doctor: Computerized Provider Order Entry
 Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) provides support to doctors at each step in the prescribing process, with clinically documented recommendations and templated workflow. |
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| | Pharmacist: Pharmacy Management
 Pharmacies see drug interaction and allergy alerts and can automatically prioritize dispensing based on patient needs. |
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| | Nurse: Medication Administration at the Patient Bedside
 Nurses feel more confident with positive patient and drug identification at the time of medication administration. |
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