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Baptist Health Systems: Uses Technology to Improve Medication Management, Eliminate Errors
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Baptist Health Systems
Uses Technology to Improve Medication
Management, Eliminate Errors
Case Study
At a Glance
Organization
Baptist Health Systems
Jackson, Miss.
– 640-bed Medical Center
– 25-bed acute long-term care
hospital
–...
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Baptist Health Systems
Uses Technology to Improve Medication
Management, Eliminate Errors
Case Study
At a Glance
Organization
Baptist Health Systems
Jackson, Miss.
– 640-bed Medical Center
– 25-bed acute long-term care
hospital
– Cancer center
Solution Spotlight
– AcuDose-Rx®
– Clinical Consulting Group
– Horizon Admin-RxTM
– Horizon Expert
DocumentationTM
– Horizon Expert OrdersTM
– Horizon Meds ManagerTM
– ROBOT-Rx®
Critical Issues
– Patient and medication safety
– Inefficient, manual processes
– Operational inefficiencies
– Financial performance
Results
– Achieved a 94% bar-code
scanning compliance rate, with
70% of nurses and pharmacists
noting the system prevented
mistakes
– Eliminated pharmacy callbacks
related to legibility issues and
missing time/date stamps for
medication orders
– Reduced medication time from
order to delivery by 38%
– Recouped 25,000 nursing hours
and 2,000 pharmacy hours
annually
– Saved more than $937,000 in
nursing costs alone
Hospital management recently
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