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Parkview Gets Patient Safety Award
by John Norton, The Pueblo Chieftain
The use of a wireless communications system to monitor medications has earned Parkview Medical Center recognition for outstanding contributions to patient safety in Colorado by the Colorado Patient Safety Coalition.
Parkview was recognized at the 2007 Patient Safety Conference for the hospital-wide deployment of the IntelliDOT CAREt system.
The system uses handheld devices carried by nurses. The units guide nurses through the process of administering medications, offering prompts and warnings configured by the hospital’s pharmacy and nursing staff.
They also let the nurse record vital signs
A hospital spokesperson said that Parkview’s number of “near-miss events” had decreased nearly 50 percent since the implementation of the technology.
Parkview Medical Center was one of the first hospitals in the United States to install the CAREt System.