Emphas!s Pharmacy Pharmacy operations become highly automated with the Emphas!s pharmacy suite in place. Physician orders can either be traditional ncr copies of order forms or an electronic order from the M2 physician desktop. In either case, an order does not become part of the patient's profile until it has been reviewed by a pharmacist. Pharmacy functions are entirely integrated with all other aspects of the Emphas!s system, patient data is already present when the profile is established. Patient location and status are automatically updated when transfers or discharges occur. Allergies are recorded during an admitting assessment and display on the profile, MAR and nursing patient summary. The pharmacy profile becomes an important component of the on-line medical record available to physicians and other clinicians. This requires no additional effort by the pharmacy since the profile is already updated through regular activities. An accumulated total doses by medication is maintained based on distribution from Pharmacy. All operations are made more efficient and controlled from profiles, to charging/crediting to IV prep and labels to Nursing medication administration and MARS.
		NURSING PHYSICIAN ACCESS LABORATORY RADIOLOGY PHARMACY EMPHAS!S CHART
					Features Medispan drug-drug, drug-food, drug-ethanol interactions automatically performed for all ingredients of current profile entries against new orders Process MD orders for profiles. Entry of written orders on brand or generic by dose strength or unit Tech or Physician entered orders held for pharmacist review before inclusion in patient's profile screen shows only unapproved meds which can all be approved by pressing one function key Current profile displayed for review prior to addition or revision of meds Standard dosage forms and units displayed from inventoryNon-inventory (formulary) items allowed as one-time or non-stock drug Directions and dosing instructions automatically generate dosage times and number of doses per day for cart fill list PRN directions override standard times and quantities Schedule and PRN displayed in columns on profile Start date and time default to current D/C date and time automatically updated based on inventory "stop" days Initial dose function provides dispensing and charging method for immediate or one-time doses Dose provides unit extension for charging and cart fill lists Meds can be DC'd from either unit dose, IV profile or charge entry screen Order charges entered into profile DC original order and create new entry for the charge New orders can generate label for immediate distribution to the floor Extensive use of standing order sets Profile separated from unit dose for easy access. Hot key switch between profiles Interaction checking spans both profiles IV entry and display can be only for selected categories, Piggybacks, Large Volume, TPN, Chemo, etc Rate calculated based on volume and duration Stop date/time generated from units requested and frequency Allows adjustment for variation in actual rates Additives individually selected from inventory. Screened for interactions. Pre mix items selected as a unit Labels printed for each new updated IV if desired. Reprint at any time with no charge impact Batch labels can be generated for any range of time or location. Selection can be by IV type (i.e. only PB or combine types LV with TPN) Label reruns available as needed Charge entry used for PRN's, credits and floor stock Unit dose and IV both displayed, piggy backs and other IV's can be included Open Items shown first followed by D/C'd in reverse chronological order for easy access to current meds Screening criteria precludes extremely erroneous entries