Hospitals and healthcare facilities across Western Australia will implement electronic drug registration by local healthcare software provider Modeus.
According to the press release, the HS8 Controlled Drug Registry will be rolled out first at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth before a gradual rollout across the WA Health system, which includes approximately 80 hospitals and facilities. medical.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT
HS8 enables hospitals to transition from a manual, paper-based system to an intelligent platform that allows nurses and pharmacists to save time on record keeping. Based on usage analysis, the system can speed up the delivery time of 5 items by 40% compared to using a paper register and speed up inventory checks by up to 30% .
The system has safety features to help prevent medication errors, as well as closed-loop management and security to ensure controlled drugs are tracked and accounted for.
Furthermore, it can integrate with many hospital systems, including iPharmacy, PAS and Active Directory.
WHY IT IMPORTANT
WA Health, through its shared provider of Medical Assistance Services, is on the market to find solutions to improve drug safety and help nurses and pharmacists focus more on care. patient.
Michael Petrovski, chief pharmacist at King Edward Memorial Hospital and project manager, said they were impressed with the HS8’s intuitive design, functionality and positive feedback from existing users.
“Improving drug safety and management throughout our hospital network has been at the forefront of our thinking to meet the needs of a digital health system. We believe Modeus will provide an excellent, future-proof solution for best-controlled drug administration, providing nurses and pharmacists with more time to care for patients,” he said.
TREND TO BIGGER WOMAN
Modeus first presented its solution to WA Health in 2017, and since then it has brought new integrations, features, and design enhancements to the system.
“We are delighted that WA hospitals will be rolling out a product that is truly the first of its kind anywhere in the world,” Modeus CEO Carl Zufi said in a statement. Father.
According to Modeus, the HS8 is the first software-controlled electronic drug registry to be published anywhere in the world. “What makes HS8 unique is that it is a software-based system and it has a workflow (such as a patient’s own medication) that has not been developed by any other company globally. “, the company stated.
The system has been adopted by 45 Ramsay Health Care hospitals across Australia, as well as two cancer care centres, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center in Melbourne and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse in Camperdown.
In other words, Medical Assistance Services also helped deliver pharmaceutical analytics on WA Health last year. Is called Pharmalytics, the app that helps hospitals make informed decisions about ordering, dispensing, and dispensing by providing an overview of hospital pharmacy spending and supplies.
