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| − | Often used in a nursing home or | + | Often used in a nursing home, hospital or prison, a Medication Administration Record allows you to schedule the times when a medicine should be given and then track when the medication is given. Typically in the paper world, the Medication Administration Record is a big notebook or 3-ring binder the nurse takes around the facility with them. |
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| + | '''EMAR - Electronic Medication Administration Record''' | ||
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| + | Often incorporated in an [[EHR]] and used in a nursing home, hospital or prison, the Electronic Medication Administration Record allows you to schedule the times when a medicine should be given and then track when the medication is given with a an automated timestamp. Typically in the paper world, the Medication Administration Record or [[MAR]] is a big notebook or 3-ring binder and has no reporting capability and is only as accurate as the human using it. Additionally, an EMAR can be used with bar-coding (the medications and patients are bar-coded. It addresses the 5 “rights” to reduce medication administration problems, right patient, right medicine, right dose, right time and right route. | ||
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| + | Rx Number – prescription number that shows on printed scripts | ||
| + | NDC – National Drug Code | ||
| + | GPI – Generic Product Identifier | ||
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| + | Most clients won’t use MAR. It’s only applicable when the administration of medications occur in the clinic and they need to be tracked. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:04, 11 April 2018
MAR - Medication Administration Record
Often used in a nursing home, hospital or prison, a Medication Administration Record allows you to schedule the times when a medicine should be given and then track when the medication is given. Typically in the paper world, the Medication Administration Record is a big notebook or 3-ring binder the nurse takes around the facility with them.
EMAR - Electronic Medication Administration Record
Often incorporated in an EHR and used in a nursing home, hospital or prison, the Electronic Medication Administration Record allows you to schedule the times when a medicine should be given and then track when the medication is given with a an automated timestamp. Typically in the paper world, the Medication Administration Record or MAR is a big notebook or 3-ring binder and has no reporting capability and is only as accurate as the human using it. Additionally, an EMAR can be used with bar-coding (the medications and patients are bar-coded. It addresses the 5 “rights” to reduce medication administration problems, right patient, right medicine, right dose, right time and right route.
Rx Number – prescription number that shows on printed scripts NDC – National Drug Code GPI – Generic Product Identifier
Most clients won’t use MAR. It’s only applicable when the administration of medications occur in the clinic and they need to be tracked.