Clinical Safety
Clinical Safety: Safer Medications, Better Care
Section titled “Clinical Safety: Safer Medications, Better Care”The digitalization of the hospital is a prime opportunity to enhance medication safety and reduce clinical risk.
- Clinical Decision Support (CDS): Moving from simple e-prescribing to intelligent systems that provide real-time alerts for drug-drug interactions, drug-allergy contraindications, and dosage errors.
- Evidence-Based Prescribing: Integrating medical knowledge bases (like MIMS) directly into the clinician’s workflow to ensure that prescribing is grounded in the latest clinical evidence.
- Closing the Loop: Technology allows for “closing the loop” on medication administration—ensuring the right drug reaches the right patient at the right time through barcoding and automated pharmacy systems.