Electronic Prescribing Case Study Summary

It is estimated to cost 177.4 billion on the expenses associated with the 1.5 million people a year that suffer from medication errors. There is software that can and has reduced medication errors by half. The issues accompanying the resistance to implementation surround the doctor’s reluctance to change, and the initial facility costs associated with the system. After reviewing the video related to the deaths from prescription medication errors, I believe that E-Prescribing is a great way to reduce medication errors caused from poorly handwritten prescriptions and allowing the pharmacist to deliver the dose being prescribed accurately. Electronic prescribing gives the pharmacy secure access to the patient’s prescription history to alert

After dispensing, monitoring, and providing a following evaluation of the medication risk, this gives the physician an accurate representation of how the patient is doing in response to the medication that was prescribed. The alarming facts in Lewis’s case are there were reduced bodily functions such as urination, no bowel sounds, no blood pressure, high respiratory pulse, and initial dehydration that continued throughout. All of these signs should have notified a nurse or medical provider that something was seriously wrong with this child. The patient’s safety in Lewis’s case would have benefited from acknowledging anyone of these significant vitals signs that were not normal signs of a healthy young boy. Patient safety comes from consistent patient observation using vital signs patient monitor equipment, individual patient condition assessments, mandatory daily check-ups and check-ins from a physician, especially with inpatients after any procedure to monitor reactions from prescribed medication, or to monitor any developing progressive conditions before they become an unnecessary