MED-Q Is Reducing Medication Errors And Increasing Patient Safety
Reducing medication errors and improving patient safety have become common topics of discussion. A focus has been put on the forgetting medication area of the problem.
Online, October 3, 2012 (Newswire.com)
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The need for a Pill Dispenser that will reduce medication errors and reduce patient medication Non-compliance have become topics of discussion for federal and state legislators, the insurance industry, health care professionals and pharmaceutical companies.
But this problem is not new to clinical pharmacologists. Improving the proper administering (medication Management) medications have always been key per pharmacologists. Errors in medication management is costing the United Staes in excess of 300 Billion dollars annually. Focusing on the word error has drawn attention to "prevention" and what can be done to minimize mistakes and improve patient safety.
The MED-Q Pill Box Dispenser has proven to be a aid in medication error prevention. Medication errors is "an act that through ignorance, deficiency, or accident departs from or fails to achieve what should be done." What specifically should be done,"the five rights": the right drug, right dose, right route, right time, and right patient. Preventable errors can be the first line of defense to ensure the magic "FIVE" The MED-Q Programmable Pill dispenser address three of the five. "Right Drug, Right time and the right dose". The MED-Q has a series of alarms and alerts that makes errors virtually impossible. A audio alert means that the right time is met. A Flashing light on the individual compartment of pills that need to be taken means the correct dose problem has been met. The set up means that the correct dosage is met. Errors can be prevented with assistance of a modern pill dispenser design.
For More information go to Lifesavingpillbox.com or view the MED-Q operation Video on You Tube
Troy Holbrook
MED-Q Pill Dispensers
602 488 4099