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BEST MED Healthcare issue: - Communication between all doctors can be hard - As Doctors visit during - Medication errors - Medication dispensing - Medication precription BEST MED - A platform that is cloud based for medication management - By Best Health Solutions - Allows doctors, nurses and pharmacists to communicate to provide safer, more transparent and efficient medication management - Combines ordering/prescribing, transcribing and verifying, dispensing and delivering, administering and monitoring and reporting into a streamlined process BEST doctor - Enables prescribing doctors to review and update National Resident Medication Charts from any location that has Internet BESTdose - Enables facilities to dose the doctor’s order and receive sophisticated intelligence for medication incident control and continuous improvement as well as standardising processes across multiple sites with Head Office access BESTpack - Decision support, business rules and automation enable pharmacist to efficiently and accurately manage the supply of medications, allowing them to focus on providing better quality patient service. -

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If you are given medication that is out of the usual, have to write a comment stating why you gave it

Issue: medication management is residential aged care Brief description of issue: - Aged care resident on average have 9.75 diferent medications - Polypharmacy is a significant risk factor for adverse medicines events and poor outcomes in medicines use. - A study of RACFs in Victoria found one-third of medicine- related problems were caused by over-prescribing, including unnecessary medicines, duplication of therapy or inappropriate duration. Other causes of medicine-related problems included dosing errors, suboptimal monitoring, and under-prescribing https://doiorg.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/10.1002/j.2055-2335.2006.tb00889.x

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Commonly reported problems during these transitions include poor transfer of information, inadequate arrangements for continuing medicines supply, and the absence of an up-to-date medication chart. These can lead to medication errors such as missed or significantly delayed doses, problems accessing medication information and supply of suitably packed medicines on short notice

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https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00586.x

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Currently many Aged Care facilities are using manual medication charts (printed out) This paper medication chart leaves so much scope for error as misinformation Because it goes through many hands before reaching the patient Doctor prescribes medication (has to write on the chart), the nurse then has to fax it to the pharmacy, dispensed at pharmacy, checked by pharmacist, delivered to patient, There is no alert system in place (medication running out or needing review) can cause errors

BEST MED: - On a tablet ( one tablet with every patients detail on it) - Alert system (contradictions, medication running low) - Individual login for all staff, keep track of interactions - Doctors don’t have to be in the facility to change orders (can do it from their phone with an app) - ALL INCLUSIVE SYSTEM, NURSE DOCTOR AND PHARMACY - Large organisation such as Opal and Bupa currently using the software Limitations: - Wifi availability - Change resistance (nurses in aged care are generally older, not as tech savvy) - Pharmacisits alter their operating system - Doctors not wanting to learn a new system Future: - The world is phasing out paper based systems, technology is always evolving and health care is involving more technology...