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]]> By: carlac http://jerryfahrni.com/2009/07/is-patient-safety-recession-proof/comment-page-1/#comment-268 carlac Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:00:44 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=1152#comment-268 Parkview Health can already measure the success of the system: Inventory reduction of $600,000, out of a total of approximately $2.5 million Labor savings of 20 percent (pharmacist and technician) in the satellite hospitals Improved order-to-delivery time from the stated goal of 90-minutes to an average of 60 minutes. The new target is 45 minutes Faster pharmacist handling of new orders has reduced the time required for medication confirmation and authorization by 30% A reduction in administration errors by as much as 75 percent, with higher overall confidence of delivering the right drug to the right patient Automated wholesale ordering has eliminated nearly all inventory and ordering time by using automated functions in the AutoPharm software From a Talyst white paper on ROI on Parkview - here is the whole link: http://talyst.com/Resources/CaseStudies/Parkview There are some other case studies there too including patient safety stats on med errors. Parkview Health can already measure the success of the system:

Inventory reduction of $600,000, out of a total of approximately $2.5 million

Labor savings of 20 percent (pharmacist and technician) in the satellite hospitals

Improved order-to-delivery time from the stated goal of 90-minutes to an average of 60 minutes. The new target is 45 minutes

Faster pharmacist handling of new orders has reduced the time required for medication confirmation and authorization by 30%

A reduction in administration errors by as much as 75 percent, with higher overall confidence of delivering the right drug to the right patient Automated wholesale ordering has eliminated nearly all inventory and ordering time by using automated functions in the AutoPharm software

From a Talyst white paper on ROI on Parkview – here is the whole link:

http://talyst.com/Resources/CaseStudies/Parkview

There are some other case studies there too including patient safety stats on med errors.

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