Rely on our proven solutions for electronic medication management
Medication use is the single most common cause of unintended harm and is responsible for 20% of adverse events. Not only is this harm frequent, expensive and often serious, much of it is also preventable.
Transforming medication management
DXC's MedChart provides hospitals, clinics and aged care facilities with an end-to-end electronic medication management (eMM) solution, helping healthcare organisations reduce clinical risk and improve medication safety.
MedChart eliminates complex, time-consuming manual and paper-driven medication management processes, reducing errors, improving efficiency and enabling greater coordination between clinical teams for better patient care.
MedChart is tried, tested and proven, used by leading hospitals in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, and includes a range of separate workflows for optimum medication management.
Insights
- Electronic medication management (eMM) systems have been shown to reduce the rate of potential adverse drug events (ADE) by 71% leading to estimated savings of A$63-66 per admission (MedChart) (Westbrook, 2012)
- Use of MedChart has seen annual savings of $100k per 30-bed ward (Westbrook, 2015)
A clear path to benefits realisation
MedChart is a proven local solution already delivering benefits to the healthcare sector. It ticks all the right boxes:
> Intuitive and modern interface - developed with clinicians to support clinical workflows and mirror the NIMC.
> Mobile - optimised for display and operation on tablets.
> Local - developed and supported in Australia with the global strength of DXC.
> Interoperable - open architecture enables MedChart to integrate with other systems.
> Faster benefits realisation - can be running in your first ward in only 6 months.
> Scalable and robust - to enable deployment to all facilities.
The consistent selection of MedChart is testament to the richness of functionality, intuitive interface, clinical workflows and proven speed to benefit. Learn more in the brochure: A Clear Path to Benefits Realisation
MedChart Features
- Electronic Medication Chart
- Electronic Prescribing
- Pharmacy Review
- Decision Support
- Ward Overview
- Medication Administration
- Reference Viewer
Benefits
- Accurate, efficient and timely medications administration
- A clear picture of each patient's medication record, accessible at any time
- Reduction in manual, paper chart-based inaccuracies and medication errors
- Decision support configurable to support the various needs of the care team - promoting best practices while preserving clinical freedom
- Greater pharmacist/pharmacy involvement in clinical care
- Ability for nurses to coordinate care and share responsibilities
- Improved communication between nursing, medical, and pharmacy staff
- Configurable protocols to support quality-based complex prescribing
- Delivery of security and traceability throughout the medication process
News and Case Studies
Eprescribing at Auckland's Waitemata DHBWaitemata DHB became the first DHB in the country to equip 2000 of its nurses with iPads that give them quick and easy access to drug charts and patient information at the touch of a screen. Watch the TVNZ story on why e-prescribing is set to make doctors' illegible handwriting a thing of the past.
Expediting and advancing patient care at Cabrini
DXC developed and implemented solutions that provide doctors, nurses and pharmacists with anywhere, anytime access to information via mobile devices such as iPads and iPhones, as well as tablets or laptops mounted on wheeled workstations.
Calvary sees rapid improvements with eMM
Implemented across two hospitals, MedChart delivers improvements in safety, outcomes and productivity.
Testimonials
“Waitemata DHB has MedChart deployed across approximately 970 beds on three campuses with the remaining 130 adult beds scheduled to be deployed by the end of 2017. Over 1000 active prescribers can access MedChart from any device that has access to the DHB’s network, and 2,500 nurses use iPad mini devices to administer more than 300,000 doses of medication per month. Feedback has been that MedChart reduces administration errors, and reduces the time spent trying to locate paper medication records. MedChart has certainly had a positive impact on medication management at Waitemata DHB.”- David Ryan, Project Manager, Waitemata DHB
“ePMA has revolutionised antibiotic stewardship. Being able to identify all patients on broad spectrum antibiotics, as well as why they were prescribed it, has enabled targeted ward rounds. As a result, we have an intervention rate (changing to narrower spectrum, oral or stopping) of around 80% on stewardship rounds, contributing to C diff and CPC prevention, and earlier discharges”
- Gillian Damant, Lead Specialist Antibiotic Pharmacist Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
“With MedChart we can effectively use the clinical decision support tools, such as rules, protocols and local documents to support our clinicians with evidence-based standards and best practice guidelines available contextually at the point of patient care”
- Kate Richardson, IT Application Support (eMedicines Specialist Pharmacist), St Vincent’s Health Australia
Insight: Closing the Inpatient Medication Management Loop
Digitisation of elements of the medicines supply chain has greatly improved medication safety in the hospital setting. As a clinical hospital pharmacist, you have a central role to play in the continued improvement of inpatient medication safety and efficacy.
Further modernisation of medicines management provides new opportunities for you to offer expertise at critical points in the supply process.
Download the paper, A Connected and Automated Medicines Supply Chain to discover new possibilities for streamlining and automating dispensing workflows, while also providing clinical decision support, specifically anti-microbial stewardship.
DXC is committed to closing the inpatient medication management loop. We provide end-to-end medication solutions that reduce effort, error and complexity. Customised solutions can include medication management, automated dispensing, anti-microbial stewardship and integration to enable the sharing of medicines information along the supply chain, and for automated generation of accurate medication summaries at discharge.
Committed to Innovation and Industry Best Practices
As part of DXC's commitment to innovation and quality, MedChart undergoes rigorous internal testing through our Global Clinical Safety Team, and experienced group of practitioners, including doctors, nurses, healthcare scientists, and software safety specialists. The team ensures DXC solutions and services are clinically effective, from design through to deployment and service support.