Figure 4: Medication Orders Matched Electronically

The average percentage of medication orders matched electronically by each method for each benchmark group.

	All Respondents	Most Wired	Least Wired	IT Quality Leaders	Federal Hospitals
Bar coding or RFID of drug to patient and order at bedside	5%	8%	2%	13%	21%
Bar coding or RFID of drug, patient, order and nurse at bedside	14	23	2	39	39
Patient and user ID keyed into automated dispensing device at bedside	2	3	2	5	0
Patient and user ID keyed into automated dispensing device away from bedside	37	47	25	37	13
User ID keyed into automated dispensing device away from the bedside	10	7	9	2	5
Medication not electronically matched	32	12	60	4	22
Total medication orders	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Source: 2006 Hospitals & Health Networks' Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study

This article 1st appeared in the July 2006 issue of HHN Magazine.

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