DHDR

Improving the Patient Experience With AI-Powered Medication History That Helps Streamline Admissions at Southlake Regional Health Centre

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Length of stay, EHR, Safety, Patient, Pharmacy, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Reconciliation (United States Congress), Medicines reconciliation, Prescription, MEDITECH, IBM Lotus SmartSuite, DHDR, Hospital, AI, Approximation error, Nursing, Medical device

VANCOUVER, BC, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Health technology pioneer DrFirst Healthcare Innovations has partnered with Southlake Regional Health Centre to pilot a ground-breaking new initiative to modernize how hospitals collect and confirm patients' medications within their MEDITECH Expanse electronic health record (EHR). Using DrFirst's MedHx powered by SmartSuite, Southlake clinicians now have instant access to information about patients' prescriptions directly from participating community pharmacies and the Ontario provincial drug information system, helping to improve the medication reconciliation process, reducing time spent on these activities by 64% overall, based on data DrFirst compiled during the pilot.

Key Points: 
  • Medication reconciliation is a vital patient safety practice that helps avoid medication errors and hospitalizations while lowering the length of stay.
  • In hospitals and health systems, medication reconciliation is performed when patients come to the emergency department and at transitions of care including patient admissions and discharge and is an important element in hospital accreditation.
  • As part of the process, clinicians collect patients' medication history to inform prescribing decisions and avoid errors.
  • "Congratulations to Southlake for piloting this initiative with DrFirst that reduces the amount of time spent on medication reconciliation while improving its safety," said Nick Palmieri, regional sales director, Canada, MEDITECH.

Ontario Community-Based Clinicians Now Have Access to Digital Medication Information Through Their Electronic Medical Record

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Communication, Narcotic, Vaccination, Pharmacy, Ontario Health (agency), EMR, OMD, COVID-19, Ministry, Drug, Patient, Risk, ODB, Federal Ministry of Health (Germany), Patient safety, DHDR, Medication, Pharmaceutical industry, Nursing, Medical device, Health, Privacy

TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2023 /CNW/ - The Digital Health Drug Repository (DHDR) has been successfully deployed to more than 6,000 clinicians across Ontario who use OMD-certified electronic medical record (EMR) systems.

Key Points: 
  • TORONTO, Sept. 19, 2023 /CNW/ - The Digital Health Drug Repository (DHDR) has been successfully deployed to more than 6,000 clinicians across Ontario who use OMD-certified electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
  • These clinicians now have secure and real-time technical access from within their EMR to comprehensive dispensed patient medication information for drugs covered by the Ontario Drug Benefit (ODB) program and the Narcotics Monitoring System.
  • The DHDR, developed by the Ministry of Health and Ontario Health consolidates medical data, providing clinicians with the medication information they need to care for their patients while enhancing  patient safety, and building more efficient health-care practices.
  • OntarioMD and Ontario Health will continue to work together to furthering digital health innovation to drive positive change in Ontario's health-care landscape.