Medications to Avoid Omissions

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Thu, 05/20/2021 - 16:57
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Joel W Daniel
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Medications to Avoid Omissions

I wanted to reach out to see if anyone has had a potential solution (even if not perfect) to certain medications not being missed. Obviously all medications are important, but some have more serious consequences that others when missed. This is often complicated by the fact that sometimes the medications are missed due to patient being off the floor, unavailability of the medication on the floor, etc.

Medications that we are particularly thinking of include but are not limited to:

  • Antiretrovirals
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Immunosuppresants
  • Basal insulin (thinking specifically of NPO patients where you do skip rapid-acting insulins)

Is there a method that can be hardwired? What EMR-agnostic methods have you tried (outside of the EMR or inside)? What options do you have within your EMR (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, etc.)?

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