Preferred Names in ADC

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Wed, 09/08/2021 - 16:21

Philip Carpiniello

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Preferred Names in ADC

Hello all,

The ISMP Action Agenda from 7/15/21 described a situation in which the preferred name of a transgender patient was not visible in the ADC, which caused delay in getting medications in a code situation. This also impacts pediatric hospitals, in which newborn naming conventions use preferred names in lieu of assigning a legal name to the patient.

Preferred names are located within our EHR (Epic) and print on all Epic-generated medication labels, but our ADC (Pyxis ES) does not have this information visible.

Have any institutions reviewed this limitation and come up with solutions or risk mitigation strategies they would like to share?

Thank you,
Phil

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