Neonatal Assistant© is a physician drug order entry program for use in hospitals with large Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). Physicians use the program to enter medication orders directly into a computer system shared by the pharmacy department. The advantage of this is three-fold. First, errors due to poor handwriting are nonexistent. Second, rules-based formulas specific to each facility perform prospective analysis of each order. Finally, workflow is streamlined, thereby reducing time and costs for physicians and pharmacy staff.
Prior to implementation of this application, physicians can spend a great deal of time filling out an NCR preprinted order form based on the needs of the infant. These orders require many complex and tedious calculations to ensure that the correct amounts of all ingredients are used. Once an order is received in the pharmacy, pharmacists have to enter the information into the pharmacy computer, verify the calculations and dosages, and contact the physicians for any changes or corrections. A great deal of time is spent on the phone trying to reach the physician to clarify or correct the order and then informing the nursing staff of the changes. This time consuming process can be streamlined with the Neonatal Assistant©.
Additional modules are available and currently include pharmacokinetic
dosing, antibiotic dosing and emergency medication dosing.
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