INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT

South Shore Hospital ED Prioritizes Med Rec for High-Risk Patients

South Shore Hospital prioritized efforts within the Emergency Department (ED) to reduce costly adverse drug events (ADEs) and potential readmissions that commonly come from patients admitted through the ED.

Download now to see how the ED improved the process and tools used to gather a patient’s medication history to address these major sources of organizational pain:

  • Avoidable medication errors
  • Preventable ADEs
  • Potential hospital readmissions
  • Staff satisfaction with technology