October 19, 2007
HealthAlliance brings MAK online
By Matthew L. Brown
HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster said it was one of only 5 percent of hospitals in the country to implement the Medication Administration Check patient safety system.
The system, which is known as MAK, uses bar coding to match patients with the correct times for drug administration, medical documents and transactions. The system adds information to electronic records, varifies medication doses and identifies potential adverse drug interactions.
The system has been implemented department by department at HealthAlliance, an affiliate of UMass Memorial Health Care, and the hospital expects full implementation by the end of March.
The system, which is known as MAK, uses bar coding to match patients with the correct times for drug administration, medical documents and transactions. The system adds information to electronic records, varifies medication doses and identifies potential adverse drug interactions.
The system has been implemented department by department at HealthAlliance, an affiliate of UMass Memorial Health Care, and the hospital expects full implementation by the end of March.
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