Abbott Northwestern Hospital Subscribes to Saferating Inc. Pharmacist Intervention Reporting System
Saferating Inc. announces today that Minneapolis-based Abbott Northwestern Hospital Center purchased its pharmacist clinical intervention reporting tool utilizing the power of Paperless Form Technology (PFT) for its inpatient pharmacists. Abbott Northwestern pharmacists now utilize Saferating.com to report, manage, and analyze pharmacist interventions.
Lewiston, ME (PRWEB) January 18, 2005 –- On November 11th Abbott Northwestern
Hospital pharmacists began utilizing Saferating’s PFT. Staff now have instant
and secure web access of pharmacist clinical interventions reporting. Pharmacy
leadership will be notified via Saferating’s automated email function upon
submission by staff and have real time access to all data reported about the
intervention. 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.
This represent an important
innovation for Abbott Northwest Hospital Center to enhance patient safety and
improve real time reporting when pharmacists are required to intervene. And
since the Saferating system employs their Paperless Form Technology, it is
expected to become a cost-saving measure for the facility.
About
Saferating Inc
A leader in Paperless Form Technology solutions for the
healthcare industry, Saferating.com provides HIPAA 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 on Saferating.com, please visit www.Saferating.com.com.
About Abbott Northwestern
Hospital
Abbott Northwestern Hospital is the largest not-for-profit hospital
in the Twin Cities area. Each year, the hospital provides comprehensive health
care for more than 200,000 patients and their families from the Twin Cities area
and the Upper Midwest. More than 5,000 employees, 1,600 physicians and 550
volunteers work as a team for the benefit of each patient served. Abbott
Northwestern Hospital is a part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics, a family of
hospitals, clinics, and care services in Minnesota and Western
Wisconsin.
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