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News - Ashtabula County Medical Ctr, Ashtabula Ohio USA |
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| Ashtabula County Medical Ctr |
| QuadraMed's Pharmacy Integrated Medication Management Goes Live at ACMC |
| Date : - 23/09/2008 |
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By QuadraMed Corporation
09-23-2008 03:07 PM
** QuadraMed's "closed loop" medication management solution improves patient care and safety **
QuadraMed Corporation announced that Ohio-based Ashtabula County Medical Center (ACMC) has implemented QuadraMed's Pharmacy Integrated Medication Management (IMM). The fully integrated pharmacy automation and medication management module of QCPR provides real-time, wireless, point-of-care medication scanning and allows nurses to verify a patient's identity, validate medications against active orders and perform medication administration documentation online, thus, reducing the potential for patient errors and improving overall patient care.
"As the largest medical facility in Ashtabula County, it was critical to select a solution that not only met our current demands, but that also enables future integration with a comprehensive clinical application system like QCPR," said David Jacobs, Director of Information Systems at ACMC.
Added Frank Caputo, ACMC Director of Pharmacy, "QuadraMed Pharmacy IMM provides the functionality for automating our core pharmacy operational requirements, as well as the foundation for bar code medication administration."
Once QCPR is fully implemented, the single-database QuadraMed Pharmacy IMM solution enables seamless medication management that "closes the loop" from order entry to medication administration. Nursing and pharmacy staff gain instant access to the same patient status records and clinical information, reducing errors and streamlining workflow.
"QuadraMed Pharmacy IMM empowers ACMC to reduce the risk of patient medication errors by helping to ensure the 'Six Rights' of medication administration with bar code-based technology: right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, right route, and right documentation," said Keith Hagen, QuadraMed's President and CEO. "In addition, our real-time charting eliminates manual entry mistakes that can occur when orders are translated from one system to another."
Providing services to the surrounding community for more than a century, Ohio-based ACMC is licensed for 249 beds, employs 1,100 staff, and is an affiliate of Cleveland Clinic. The private, nonprofit hospital offers the latest in diagnostic imaging services, with Cleveland Clinic radiologists on site daily. Special programs at ACMC include occupational medicine, skilled nursing, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, pain management, and a new catheterization laboratory. The ACMC Healthcare System also includes Ashtabula Regional Home Health Services, the ACMC Foundation, Glenbeigh and The Ashtabula Clinic.
"After QuadraMed acquired QCPR, its implementation team immediately responded to our needs and accelerated the overall launch time frame, bringing ACMC live even faster than we had hoped," added Jacobs. "We are very appreciative of the outstanding job performed by the QuadraMed team. They truly stand behind their word about servicing the client."
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| Reference : - www.acmchealth.org |
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