Trustwide rollout ADRs (£1000 per has been achieved reaction saved). Based on number of patients in hospital for over 3 months x error rate x 100. Error rate used is 7.8% (EQUIP, Protect, Lewis et al) Efficiency Doctor Rewriting kardexs Zero rewrites will Secondary (NTW Prior to roll out Project team transcription time will not be required give a time saving. 14) saved anymore once on number of Trustwide rollout patients in hospital has been achieved over 3 months x avge number of items per kardex x average time to rewrite per item of 2 minutes Safety Number of ePMA will improve 100% of Primary (NTW 3) Pre/post full Take 5 Clinical Pharmacy prescribed items the quality of prescriptions meet audit on each ward Team not meeting NTW prescribing NTW standards prescribing standards Financial Number of non The ePMA system A 50% reduction in Primary (NTW 7) Quarterly report Governance team formulary will prompt users requests (baseline medicines to use of 14) medicines only requested (non- continuation) Efficiency Variety of codes A pull down list will Numbers of each of only Pre/post Project team. used on medicine make selection the used more diverse
Trustwide rollout has been achieved ADRs (£1000 per reaction saved). Based on number of patients in hospital for over 3 months x error rate x 100. Error rate used is 7.8% (EQUIP, Protect, Lewis et al) Efficiency Doctor transcription time saved Rewriting kardexs will not be required anymore once Trustwide rollout has been achieved Zero rewrites will give a time saving. on number of patients in hospital over 3 months x avge number of items per kardex x average time to rewrite per item of 2 minutes Secondary (NTW 14) Prior to roll out Project team Safety Number of prescribed items not meeting NTW prescribing standards ePMA will improve the quality of prescribing 100% of prescriptions meet NTW standards Primary (NTW 3) Pre/post full Take 5 audit on each ward Clinical Pharmacy Team Financial Number of non medicines requested (non- continuation) The ePMA system will prompt users to use formulary medicines only A 50% reduction in requests (baseline of 14) Primary (NTW 7) Quarterly report Governance team Efficiency Variety of codes used on medicine A pull down list will make selection more diverse Numbers of each of the used only Pre/post Project team.
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