Matt Bennardo had a great post last week regarding a study which showed the connection between EHRs and their improvement on pediatric care.
With several pediatric calculators on the market, how can one tell which to trust? A reference book can be helpful, yet many other considerations should be taken into account. It is vital to screen drug interactions with the full medicine list of the child along with their maturation. Having all this information readily available with an EMR can vastly work to reduce errors. When dealing with pediatrics, especially neonatal patients, attention to detail and continually updated, unbiased information is best. Lexicomp has all the options to achieve improved safety for patients of any age.
These options include:
These options include:
- Pediatric Dosage Calculations in both transactional information for the clinical decision support systems and reference materials designed for clinicians.
- Pediatric focused patient education materials
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