• Decision Support information can alert clinicians to allergic reactions or drug interactions.
• Records for the patient can now be analysed to reveal patterns or examine efficacy.
• For Chemo prescriptions, the heightened sensitivity of patients to aggressive medications can be more easily monitered & accounted for.
• Dose-range checking can be optimised for patients by age, weight & surface area.
• An intuitive and helpful user interface can reduce paperwork, improve audit trails for medication and improve communications (for example, between clinical areas and pharmacy departments

Healthcare professionals who are administering medicines can be prompted to administer doses according to the prescription schedule.

Benefits: 

• Administration is recorded at the bedside using convenient touch screen hand held devices. This ensures the administration record is updated in real time and that doses are not missed, reducing medication errors.
• The provision of medication from Medical Ward Rounds can be accomodated by the system: by individual rounds or by the accumulated rounds throughout the day.
• The solution also supports 'PRN' medications (administered as & when required).
• The system can accomodate patients who are self-medicating, allowing healthcare professionals to enter dosages & medications after they have been administered, allowing a more complete record to be held & maintained.

Following a dose of medicine having been given, the administration information is then recorded onto the system.