Effects of Enterprise Digital Assistants in Medication Dispensing Operations: Case HUS Hospital Pharmacy Meilahti 2014-2018

Teressa Lyly, Santeri Palomäki, Paulus Torkki, Tomi Malmström
2019 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics  
Adverse drug effects are a serious problem in hospital patient care [1]. The use of Enterprise Digital Assistants (=EDA) proved succesfull in HUS hospital pharmacy. The quality of order picking was better with EDAs. In 2018 75% of order rows and over 1 milloin packages in are picked with EDAs. There is a growing need for more detailed information of the medicines given to each patient. With EDAs this goal can be achieved cost effectively.
doi:10.3233/shti190683 pmid:31438378 fatcat:75n5nrc5zren7afcj4ztifgl6i