Riverview Psychiatric Center Subscribes to Advanced Technology for Patient Safety and Cost Containment
Saferating Inc. announces today that Riverview Psychiatric Center(RPC) of Augusta Maine (formerly Augusta Mental Health Institute) purchased a suite of reporting tools utilizing the power of Paperless Form Technology (PFT) for 2 ambulatory clinic sites. RPC utilizes Saferating.com to manage pharmaceutical samples at two clinics.
Lewiston, Maine (PRWEB) January 26, 2005 – Riverview Psychiatric Center
subscribed to Saferating’s Paperless Form technology for its two ambulatory
clinics in Augusta and Portland, Maine. Staff now has instant web access for
secure recording the receipt of sample medications received from pharmaceutical
sales representatives. Regulations from both state and JCAHO require that if
samples are utilized for patient care, then a method to log incoming samples
must be kept. The required documentation must include lot and expiration dates
for the sample drugs. Furthermore, upon dispensing the samples, the outgoing
samples must be labeled by a licensed prescriber with the information typically
supplied by a retail pharmacy.
RPS staff will now utilize Saferating’s
PFT and a custom form to log incoming samples, and a second form which will
supply staff with both a label-like document and a documented note for the
patient’s medical record. Administrators will have secure access to databases
for tracking and real time access in the event of a drug recall. Follow-up and
analysis will utilize Saferating’s powerful query engine and report generator to
enhance its system improvement and contribute to compliance with HIPAA and JCAHO
standards.
Because Saferating’s PFT forms are intuitive, yet thorough,
it is expected that this new technology will save extensive labor hours and the
associated costs. Riverview Psychiatric Center is proud to take this step in
patient safety, reporting enhancement, and cost containment. Learn more at www.Saferating.com
About Saferating Inc
A leader in
Paperless Form Technology solutions for the healthcare industry, Saferating.com
provides HIPPA compliant applications to document and report clinical activity.
Saferating has developed other solutions for meeting JCAHO requirements for
reporting of Adverse Drug Reaction, Medication Errors, Anticoagulation
Medication Tracking, Incident Reporting, Patient Satisfaction Surveys, and
Competency Assessment. saferating.com’s solutions improve patient care, reduce
costs by eliminated paper-based forms, and eliminated redundant data entry.
Saferating.com is based in Lewiston Maine. For more information, please visit www.Saferating.com
About Riverview Psychiatric
Center
RPC (formerly Augusta Mental Health Institute). In 1834 the Maine
Legislature passed a resolve to establish the Maine Insane Hospital and
appropriated $20,000 for this purpose.
The hospital was built across the
river from the Capitol building. The reason for this was so that the Governor
and the Legislature would never forget the hospital. Today the State of Maine
has built a 92-bed civil and forensic psychiatric treatment facility to replace
the existing 161-year-old state hospital, the Augusta Mental Health Institute
(AMHI). The new facility opened in late 2004. The new facility, Riverview
Psychiatric Center, offers a state-of-the-art treatment environment that
supports healing, respect, and safety.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/1/prweb196754.htm