Accupedia orders ACCUrate PEDIAtric drips based upon standardized concentrations and fluid load.

A recent USP MedMARx report states that nearly 50% of reported medication errors in NICU and PICU are due to prescribing and transcribing. A recent study at the University of Maryland Medical Center suggests the technology of Accupedia can eliminate incomplete and inaccurate orders -- contributors to prescribing and transcribing errors.

Accupedia solves challenges of integrating standardized concentrations while adding additional safeguards to protect your patients. One-button optimization of complicated drip order sets minimizes fluids and maximizes dose based on preset algorithms developed by the University of Maryland. A comprehensive, clear order sheet is produced for each drip - including patient specific titration charts.

• Improves medication safety in PICU/NICU
• Eliminates incomplete, erroneous and illegible orders
• Facilitates speedier, yet well-informed ordering decisions
• Integrates standardized concentrations into order workflow
• Optimizes drip orders for fluid load
• Facilitates compliance with Joint Commission recommendations
• Eliminates need for the "rule of six"
• Simplifies historical auditing of concentration changes
• Simplifies nursing job of titrating drips

• More information at the time of prescribing: overall fluid status, standardized drip concentration list and safety-driven decision support... all on one screen.
• Fast and easy to use and to learn
• Fully customizable
• ADT patient interface
• Patent pending technology developed at the University of Maryland
• Drip orders driven by customizable "encyclopedia" of standardized concentrations
• Customizable, pre-set concentration sets by drug, diluent and service area
• Speedy, yet accurate, drip order set creation
• Real time feedback of fluid load as order set is created
• Easy to read, ready-to-print order form produced
• Automatic generation of titration list for each drip
• Double-sign off on concentration alterations
• Safety-driven decision support around concentrations, fluid and dosing
• Hard and soft stop alerts with optional override settings
• Full audit history of changes and drip orders
• Full service set-up and ongoing support

RELATED INFORMATION:

• 07/09 - Free Webinar: "Pediatric Medication Safety Across the Continuum of Care"
  View on-demand webinar or download the slides.
• Joint Commission standards addressed by Accupedia
• Drug Topics: This tool helps you standardize infusions
• Evaluating the Safety and Efficiency of a CPOE System for Continuous Medication Infusions in a Pediatric ICU
• Improving the Safety of Pediatric Continuous Infusions

TESTIMONIALS:

"We found that 40.5% of our handwritten rule-of-six orders were missing important elements such as the patient's weight, dose and rate, and 6.5% contained calculation errors. The computerized orders were error-free, complete and legible."
- Elora Hilmas, Pharm.D., formerly of the University of Maryland

"Accupedia has provided a platform for us to standardize our drip concentrations without a significant learning curve for our physicians."
- Steven G. Janke, PharmD, IT Support Pharmacist, Bronson Methodist Hospital

"We had to come up with a better alternative for rule of six and compliance with JCAHO. Accupedia has definitely helped us solve this problem and it is easy to use."
- Nilesh Desai, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Hackensack University Medical Center
 

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