Effects of Electronic Medication Administration Record on Medication Administration at 57357

Abstract

According the National Alliance of Health Information Technology [NAHITJ (2008) “an electronic medical record (EMR) of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within one health care organization”. An EMR characteristically contains lists of patient problems, medications, allergies, as well as health maintenance data, progress notes, various test results, and ordering functions (Bates et aL, 2003). As health care organizations progress into the twenty-first century, the interest and implementation of EMR has grown* significantly (Carroll et aL, 2007). Anecdotes on the benefits of EMR, from several health care organizations that have implemented them, include increased patient safety by reducing medical errors, time efficiency, and decision support tools (Deese et aL, 2004), Implementation of EMR is important to Nurses