The Med Pass ManagerŪ is the perfect solution for assessing and managing medication administration accuracy through observation. In the nursing home setting, the federal government agency HCFA, utilizes a methodology for assessing the accuracy of medication administration by nurses or medication technicians.

For the observer, the process is quick-paced and requires a lot of information to be recorded while following the nurse on foot. Once your done, an accuracy calculation has to be tabulated. Generally it is necessary to also right a summary report of your findings, and sometimes develop and implement a corrective action plan.

Med Pass ManagerŪ also allows assessment of medication administration technique. It calculates a technique rate and documents technique problems.

Leave your clipboard behind and use the Med Pass ManagerŪ in your hand held device (PDA) such as a Palm PilotŪ (a product of Palm, Inc.)

When the pass is over, you are all done. Just print out your reports. A must have solution for consultant pharmacists.

Data Fields

include

• Facility Name
• Nursing Unit / Station
• Medication Pass Date (auto)
• Pass Start Time (auto)
• Pass Finish Time
• Total Pass Time (auto)
• Nurse(s) Observed
• Evaluator’s Name
• Patient’s Initial’s or Name
• Medication Name with unspecified feature
• Accuracy Pass/Fail with pass default
• Fail reason(s) based upon HCFA guidelines
• Accuracy Comments
• Fail Sum (auto-calculate)
• Opportunities Sum (auto-calculate)
• Med Error Rate (%) (auto-calculate)
• Technique Pass/Fail with pass default
• Technique Problems
• Technique Comments
• Technique Rate (%) (auto-calucate)

"Observing and assessing a medication pass is a lot like juggling.  Trying to observe and keep track of many things at the same time."

Med Pass Manager
eliminates the
juggling.

Employee Management

Features include

Employee Corrective Action Plan including:

• Date of action, action type, intervention by

• Electronic Review Signature Technology

Reference Data

includes

• HCFA Surveyor Guidelines for Medication Pass Methodology