MEDITECH
Bedside Medication Verification
product brief

Bedside Medication Verification (BMV) allows caregivers to utilize bar code scanning technology prior to administering medications, to confirm patient identity and medication information against data readily available via MEDITECH's on-line Medication Administration Record. Immediate access to a patient’s current results and medication administration information greatly reduces preventable medication errors. The use of bar code scanning increases accuracy and efficiency of caregivers completing medication administration records, providing physicians faster and easier access to critical information to manage patient care.

Highlights:
   • View critical patient information such as allergies, latest test results, and vital signs
   • Document the administration of medications
   • Enter comments relating to the administration of medications
   • Enter reasons why a medication is not being administered
   • Adjust the actual dose being administered
   • View and change a medication’s scheduled administrations
   • View a medication’s order and dose instructions
   • View a medication’s label comments
   • View a medication’s clinical indicator
   • View a medication’s monograph
   • View patient allergies
   • View associated data for specific medications.

Standard Features

Bar Code Scanning
Caregivers scan bar codes on patient wristbands and medications to correctly identify the patient and the appropriate medication. Medications are identified by NDC numbers or the appropriate prescription number generated by the Pharmacy. Bedside Medication Verification processes the data contributing to safe administration through the “Five Rights” of medication management: Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Dosage, Right Route, and Right Time.

Decision Support
The latest test results, allergies, and medication orders are immediately available through the patient profile to alert the caregiver to any potential problems prior to medication administration. If the scanned medication is not on the patient profile, the caregiver is given the option within the system to enter a new order and to record administration documentation. Since medication information is scanned and matched to the hospital’s formulary dictionary - checking for drug interactions, allergies, and duplications - dose ranges can be performed prior to administering medications to the patient.

Audit Trails
Details of the patients and medications scanned during the process of completing the on-line Medication Administration Record are made available through audit reports.

Dictionaries
Bedside Medication Verification users can access dictionaries to identify appropriate NDC and prescription numbers that will be recognized by the bar code scanner. Alternate NDC numbers can also be set up in the dictionary to link drugs that are equal in every way except for manufacturer. Both primary and alternate NDC numbers are recognized by the system to match bar code information with the medication associated with prescriptions on the patient profile.

Power of Integration
Because the MEDITECH HCIS is fully integrated across the enterprise, data in the Medication Administration Record, the patient Enterprise Medical Record, and the Physician Order Management applications can be used to help coordinate the efforts of physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other caregivers. Such integration enables quick access to patient-centric records, provides clinical decision support at the point of care, and allows records to be updated in real time contributing to your efforts to improve patient safety.

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MEDITECH
Medical Information Technology, Inc.
MEDITECH Circle
Westwood, MA 02090
781-821-3000
www.meditech.com