Dannielle Caddell Nursing Informatics- NUT1

EPIC VS MCKESSON

For this research, I am conducting my search based on two well-known

systems for computerized charting in the medical field. These two vendors are known as, EPIC and McKesson. In the next few pages, I will be comparing these two vendors; and at the end of this project I will choose which one I would not mind being associated with or using in the future. I will be analyzing how these systems can improve quality of care for patients, how hand-held devices can or cannot help the medical professionals, how the computerized systems can help nurses, but also how these systems can possibly increase and improve patient involvement of care. Computerized management systems can amazingly increase the quality

of patient care, as well as safety for the patients. Electronic Medical Records aid nurses in being able to identify if a patient may have an allergy to a medication that will be given. As a nurse, you may not always know if a certain antibiotic is in the same class as an allergy that the patient may have. If the patient does have an allergy, there will be a warning that will pop up for you to view. If the provider approves this patient to have the medication, it may be given, but the pop up is there for patient safety and for the nurse’s own awareness as well.

These systems can also help increase quality of care because they will

make the patients feel safer. When in nursing school you are always taught the six rights of medication administration. When using the computer charting system, you will definitely follow all six of these rights. You have to scan the medication, after you scan the medication you will compare the route that you have in hand, to the route that is showing in the computer. Next you will want to make sure that you are giving the medication at the correct time, or