Use these tools to comply with patient safety goals.
Technology can help you comply with the 2003 National Patient Safety Goals from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. EDs are beginning to invest in these resources: Bar-coding systems can ensure that patients receive the correct medication. Software can alert physicians when nonstandard doses are ordered. Computerized order entry can give correct doses if you enter the patient's weight.
D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States