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Impact of smart pump-electronic health record interoperability on patient safety and finances at a community hospital

August 25, 2021

Wei W, Coffey W, Adeola M, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2021;78(supp 4):s105–s110.

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Smart pumps can improve medication safety, but barriers such as workarounds and alert fatigue can limit their effectiveness. After implementing smart pumps with an electronic health record (EHR) system, this community hospital saw increased drug library compliance and fewer infusions generating alerts.

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