Medication Error Prevention (Cardiology & Pharmacy Management System)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Nile University, Egypt.

10.21608/iugrc.2022.302336

Abstract

“The FDA receives more than 100,000 reports yearly related to medication errors”. The statistics prove that the need to update the medical systems nowadays has become not an entertainment option. Still, it’s very necessary for saving the patients’ lives and preventing human errors as much as we could misunderstandings of the handwriting methods in the prescriptions or in the medical reports. Moreover, the new generation of developed technology existing enthusiasm for the need of transferring the old ways of the hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies’ systems to follow the new technologies, and depending on the actual demand which is increasing day by day in order to be in the same way as the advanced international technologies. Applying this digital transformation, prevent the existence of medication errors done by humans, the ability to easily find the patient history and offer the needed help for doctors to make the right decisions, the timing of the staff shifts in the hospital, and the availability of beds would be so easy to know through just one click, and Another great feature that couldn't be counted for this hospital will gain through using the digital system. Also, healthcare digitization and such a transformation not only help hospitals offer better public health services but also proves to be a positive change for patients, who can now participate more actively in their wellness decision-making. Provide a friendly platform for doctors to save their patient history and share the needed data directly with the pharmacy through the digital platform. We have 2 systems (Pharmacy & Cardiology Clinic) that will be connected for data exchange that helps in making the two systems work as one big system by using the API. It’s a fully digital system for the clinic since it has many features that help the doctor in handling the patients' data, sharing data easily, and other stuff connecting both systems through API to make the exchanging of data easy and smoothly.