02 — Capability · BC-1820.40
Medication Management
Keep each patient's medication list right and every dose accounted for, from reconciliation on arrival to prescribing and recorded administration at the bedside. Verifying, preparing and dispensing medications is pharmacy operations.
- Clinical Medication Management
- Medication Use Process
In scope
- Medication reconciliation at admission, transfer and discharge
- Electronic prescribing to retail, mail-order, specialty and the organization's own outpatient pharmacies
- Medication administration recording with barcode checks
- Prescription monitoring program checks
Out of scope
- Pharmacist verification, compounding and dispensing (see BC-1830.30)
- Formulary decisions for the organization (see BC-1830.30)
- Pharmacy benefit design for health plan members (see BC-1870.20)
Realized by · 4
- Epic · Clinical Recordcore via BC-1820.40.20
- Epic · Inpatient Nursingcore via BC-1820.40.10
- Oracle Health · Oracle Health EHRcore via BC-1820.40.10
- MEDITECH Expanse · Expanse Patient Carecore via BC-1820.40.30
Used in · 1
Build it · 1
Decomposes into · 4
- BC-1820.40.10Medication ReconciliationCompare what the patient was taking with what is ordered at each transition of care, and resolve every difference with a recorded decision.
- BC-1820.40.20Electronic PrescribingSend prescriptions electronically to outside and outpatient pharmacies, including controlled substances where permitted, and receive renewal and change requests.
- BC-1820.40.30Medication Administration RecordingRecord each dose given, held or refused at the bedside against the order, with barcode checks of patient and medication.
- BC-1820.40.40Prescription Monitoring ChecksCheck state prescription monitoring databases before prescribing where required, and record that the check was made.