Safety

Enhancing Safety in Healthcare Through Health Information Technology Name: Affiliation: Course: Instructor: Date: Enhancing Safety in Healthcare Through Health Information Technology One of the most severe problems worldwide in healthcare practice is medication administration error, which in turn leads to adverse drug events, increased lengths of patient admission period, or actual patient harm (Garin et al., 2021). Such mistakes result from misunderstandings, wrong dosage measurements, or lack of verification between prescribers. It has become evident that improving the union's patients' outcomes and avoiding the undue exposure of its patients to harm require addressing this issue. A health information technology (HIT) that may address such a concern is the Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) system. BCMA utilizes barcode scanning to verify the "five rights" of medication administration: the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the correct route, and the right time. This technology is linked to the Electronic Health Record system, which checks patient information before dispensing a particular prescription. The use of BCMA increases safety due to the development of an effective me...