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A Medication Administration Record [1] (MAR, or eMAR for electronic versions), commonly referred to as a drug chart, is the report that serves as a legal record of the drugs administered to a patient at a facility by a health care professional. The MAR is a part of a patient's permanent record on their medical chart. The health care ...
mean arterial pressure: MAR: Medication Administration Record: MARSA: methicillin- and aminoglycoside-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: MAS: Morgagni–Adams–Stokes syndrome meconium aspiration syndrome MAST: Michigan alcohol screening test: MAT: multifocal atrial tachycardia microscopic agglutination test medication-assisted treatment. MBSS ...
The nurse can then scan the bar code on medication and use software to verify that he/she is administering the right medication to the right patient at the right dose, through the right route, and at the right time ("five rights of medication administration"). [5] Bar code medication administration was designed as an additional check to aid the ...
An example of possible medical errors is the administration of medication. Medication is an intervention that can turn a person's status from stable to unstable very quickly. With paper documentation it is very easy to not properly document the administration of medication, the time given, or errors such as giving the "wrong drug, dose, form ...
This has led more hospitals to adopt EMR, though they have had different experiences in adopting electronic medical records. There are several steps that need to be taken in order to adopt electronic medical records. A supportive environment, adequate training and resources, a clear direction, and engaged people are a few things needed. [4]
Prescribe or add new medication and select the pharmacy where the prescription will be filled. Work with an existing medication within the practice, this can involve viewing details of a medication, remove a medication from the active medication list, change dose, etc., for a medication or renew one or more medications; Printing prescriptions
VISTA's Architecture is an "Onion" with concentric layers of functions. At its core is a single shared database that all applications use. The Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VISTA) is the system of record for the clinical, administrative and financial operations of the Veterans Health Administration [1] VISTA consists of over 180 clinical, financial, and ...
The usage of VistA throughout the VA has helped to standardize records, but there has until recently not been an easy way for accessing records from other medical centers. Not all medical centers provide all the same services and patients are routinely referred from smaller centers to larger ones for special procedures.