A study by investigators at DanaFarber Cancer Institute and

A study by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests that Massachusetts physicians using a commercial e-prescribing system for a six-month period in 2006 may have prevented three deaths and more than 400 injuries, as well as saved more than $400,000 by heeding medication error alerts.

As the manager in a health care facility...

how would you balance these incredible facts relating to patient care and the cost of implementing a computerized prescription entry system?

Solution

a good doctor facilitates the patients to prevent the disease and suggest how to overcome or come out from the diseases. it provides more benefits to the patients and even this practice is good for the system also.

when it comes to above explained situation, protecting the people health is the main objective of any health care system. for this only there are many organizations spending more than crores of money and lot of time. here commercial e- prescribing system helps to prevent and save three lives and saved $400,000. it is a good practice and it can be suggest to practice.

the main objective is save human life, for that people are ready to spends huge amounts of money. if this system is helping to save human lives as well as money then what else we looks for? so, if we implement this strategy it is good to the society as well as to the hospitals too.