Discussion.docx

Discussion

Purpose: Define the process of medication administration and how the EHR can increase safety during those processes

Task: Read the following article 

Choose one of the cases of patient medication safety and propose two ways the electronic health record can be set up to prevent these from reoccurring.

 

Criteria for Success:  5 points possible

· 2.5 points for each of the two ways that you discuss that the EHR could have been set up to prevent the medication error from your chosen case from occurring

· Elaborate on how the setup in the EHR would have prevented the error from occurring