Informatics- Guest Speaker (Journal) During the guest speaker, I truly enjoyed to learn about all of the advance technology that certain hospitals have available. The most important thing about this technology is that we can manage and communicate within health professionals to improve the health of individuals, populations and communities. Does BCMA improve client safety? The Bar- Coded Medication Administration (BCMA) improves client safety because it prevents medication errors in healthcare settings and improves the quality of medication administration. How many errors have you heard about that BCMA has prevented? This particular program has shown a decrease in medication errors by 65%-86% and 31% or 13,500 errors in the Pharmacy system. An
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The EMR and the BCMA are more efficient.
How? The EMR speeds up the process of patient health records, they are readily available. Therefore, health care providers are able to see patient information with the click of a button. The BCMA prevents medication errors by following the 5 rights of medication administration. Therefore, Ultimately the main goal of this technology is to offer a safer, faster, and more reliable service to clients. In conclusion, this presentation was an eye opener about the importance of informatics in the health care system (for a minute, I felt as if I was in the movie “The Matrix”). Anyway, I am all about technology and preventative methods to maximize patient’s care and safety; however, the job of a nurse cannot be substituted because it is the nurse’s touch that gives the patients an incredible emotional and physical health (and this is proven). http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/hands_on_research. Now, I feel a bit concerned about those nurses out there who do their job like a machine because these ones can be easily replaced by technology. Overall, an amazing presentation to learned
The EMR and the BCMA are more efficient.
How? The EMR speeds up the process of patient health records, they are readily available. Therefore, health care providers are able to see patient information with the click of a button. The BCMA prevents medication errors by following the 5 rights of medication administration. Therefore, Ultimately the main goal of this technology is to offer a safer, faster, and more reliable service to clients. In conclusion, this presentation was an eye opener about the importance of informatics in the health care system (for a minute, I felt as if I was in the movie “The Matrix”). Anyway, I am all about technology and preventative methods to maximize patient’s care and safety; however, the job of a nurse cannot be substituted because it is the nurse’s touch that gives the patients an incredible emotional and physical health (and this is proven). http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/hands_on_research. Now, I feel a bit concerned about those nurses out there who do their job like a machine because these ones can be easily replaced by technology. Overall, an amazing presentation to learned