Technology today can ensure a patient’s medication history is readily available to each member of a healthcare team. No longer must pharmacists decipher hand-written prescriptions to guarantee their patients get appropriate medications.
A Drug Information System (DIS) enables access to a patient’s complete medication history, no matter who wrote the prescription or where a prescription was dispensed. When a patient is treated by multiple care providers, a DIS can help care providers to:
- Access consolidated prescription histories
- Ensure appropriate drug treatment and reduce costs associated with over use of inappropriate use of medications
- Flag potential drug interactions and other contraindications
- Diminish prescription drug abuse
- Report adverse events to the agencies responsible
Gevity experts have aided numerous DIS projects, from standards development / refinement, to requirements, design, development, conformance / quality assurance testing and deployment.
Please visit our Management Consulting page for more information about how our team can assist your team, contact the Gevity Branch Office nearest you, or send email to:
Michael van Campen, Executive Managing Partner, Information Technology Services Division
mvancampen@gevityinc.com