Today's patient safety initiatives encompass more than just EHR, EMR, and CPOE. Leading health care organizations are finding that nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians are using the latest technology to have an equal impact on patient safety.

For example, MEDITECH's approach to patient safety includes desktop access to PACS images and monitor readings;  bedside documentation that improves accuracy and efficiency; a thoroughly automated bedside medication verification process; barcode scanning of  patient identification bracelets and medications; and evidence-based medicine.

In this section of Industry & Press, we will bring you information not only on MEDITECH's Advanced Clinical System, but the latest national patient safety initiatives as well.

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