We are undertaking an overhaul of the which medications/processes require an independent double check / witness within the EMR. It is widely publicized that IDCs are commonly overused and misused. This in-turn degrades the utility of IDCs put in the correct place on correct meds/processes.

The goal would be to develop guidelines that could be used to determine if a med/process qualifies for an IDC, then it would go to the Medication Safety Team to make final determination along with other recommendations.