Introduction:
This is a course research project that identifies a healthcare problem that can be solved through the use of a health information system.
Objective:
The objective of this research project is to examine the information flow, functionality, and interoperabilityflow of information, and interoperability of the pharmacy information system HealthWATCH, exclusive to Shoppers Drug Mart, in connection with hospital information systems. HealthWATCH is a pharmacy information system that is exclusive to Shoppers Drug Mart. The aim is to perform an in depth review of the system, identify any existing problems within the information flow, and recommend best practices in order to correct the disruption.
Problem Statement:
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Manual data entry presents administrative errors such as incorrect information regarding the patient or the prescription, this could refer to simply incorrectly updating an address or phone number or incorrectly recording the guidelines for specific medications. In addition, each HealthWATCH system is specific to each pharmacy therefore the only sharing of information between pharmacies or physicians is done by fax or phone. Not only do these problems impact the administrative aspect of each healthcare practice but there are clinical implications as well. The prescription ordering and dispensing process is a separate thoroughfare involving the physician producing a prescription and a patient bringing the prescription to the pharmacist which then the pharmacist dispenses. The components in this process are isolated thus increasing the risk of patient harm due to missing information, illegible handwriting, incomplete medical histories, or incorrect data …show more content…
Physicians can retrieve the patient’s profile from the MMS, and create the eRx using the EMR., Tthen the eRx is then senttransmitted back to the MMS. The Ppatient is able to pick up his/hertheir prescription from the pharmacy of choice, which is Shoppers Drug Mart in our study, without the need to take a paper-based prescription into the pharmacy. The pharmacist at Shoppers Drug Mart can retrieve the eRx from the MMS using the pharmacy system, HealthWATCH, and dispense the drugsmedication to the patient. Then t It is also tracked within the HealthWATCH and MMS systems that the patient has picked up their new medication or
This is a course research project that identifies a healthcare problem that can be solved through the use of a health information system.
Objective:
The objective of this research project is to examine the information flow, functionality, and interoperabilityflow of information, and interoperability of the pharmacy information system HealthWATCH, exclusive to Shoppers Drug Mart, in connection with hospital information systems. HealthWATCH is a pharmacy information system that is exclusive to Shoppers Drug Mart. The aim is to perform an in depth review of the system, identify any existing problems within the information flow, and recommend best practices in order to correct the disruption.
Problem Statement:
We have …show more content…
Manual data entry presents administrative errors such as incorrect information regarding the patient or the prescription, this could refer to simply incorrectly updating an address or phone number or incorrectly recording the guidelines for specific medications. In addition, each HealthWATCH system is specific to each pharmacy therefore the only sharing of information between pharmacies or physicians is done by fax or phone. Not only do these problems impact the administrative aspect of each healthcare practice but there are clinical implications as well. The prescription ordering and dispensing process is a separate thoroughfare involving the physician producing a prescription and a patient bringing the prescription to the pharmacist which then the pharmacist dispenses. The components in this process are isolated thus increasing the risk of patient harm due to missing information, illegible handwriting, incomplete medical histories, or incorrect data …show more content…
Physicians can retrieve the patient’s profile from the MMS, and create the eRx using the EMR., Tthen the eRx is then senttransmitted back to the MMS. The Ppatient is able to pick up his/hertheir prescription from the pharmacy of choice, which is Shoppers Drug Mart in our study, without the need to take a paper-based prescription into the pharmacy. The pharmacist at Shoppers Drug Mart can retrieve the eRx from the MMS using the pharmacy system, HealthWATCH, and dispense the drugsmedication to the patient. Then t It is also tracked within the HealthWATCH and MMS systems that the patient has picked up their new medication or