PATIENT SAFETY

Prevent patient injuries caused by healthcare errors. Reduce risk and improve clinical outcomes—in real-time. TheraDoc® delivers the information you need to improve the quality and safety of care.

Upon admission, an elderly patient has blood cultures drawn and sent to the lab. After three days the patient is readied for transfer, however, this scenario is turning into a race against time. The cultures grow Staph aureus, but crucial hours pass before the results are communicated. The patient is in peril of leaving the hospital with a life-threatening infection.

There is inherent risk to complex medical care. Whether by omission or commission, unintended errors cause injuries and place lives in jeopardy. Following are the top-ranked patient safety threats in hospitals today:

Quality & Safety in Health Care1 Hardwiring the Evidence2
  • Medication-related error
  • Clinical management failure
  • Hospital-acquired infections
  • Surgery-related error
  • Procedure-related error
  • Decubitus ulcers
  • Hospital-acquired infections
  • Adverse drug events
  • Procedural events
  • Postoperative events

When a patient is hospitalized, your goal is to make solid medical decisions and facilitate a return to improved health. You need intelligently organized patient information and evidence-based recommendations for appropriate treatments—in time to make a difference. You need a TheraDoc® solution.

Real-time information is critical to accurate decision making.
With continuous and active surveillance and real-time alerts, you can proactively avoid threats, minimize risk and decrease harm. With patient information and treatment guidance at the point-of-care, you'll make more informed decisions. With TheraDoc, you can reduce healthcare errors and significantly improve the quality and safety of patient care.

1Quality & Safety in Health Care 2006; 15:184-90

2 The Advisory Board Company, True North: Technology in Practice Report "Hardwiring the Evidence," 2006