eMAR Improves Patient Safety At Tomah Memorial Hospital

Fewer than 10 percent of healthcare facilities have fully implemented medication barcoding technology, despite its proven role in reducing medication errors. This statistic didn’t prove daunting to Tomah Memorial Hospital, a critical access facility in Tomah, Wisc., when it was looking for a way to further improve patient safety. This technologically progressive facility has implemented a fully integrated barcoding system that empowers nurses to barcode medications at the bedside.

Poised on the shore of picturesque Lake Tomah, Tomah Memorial Hospital (TMH) does what it has done for more than 50 years: provide quality healthcare services for the residents of western Wisconsin.

It was no surprise when members of the newly formed Medication Safety Committee started asking tough questions: “What more could we be doing? How can we improve patient safety?”

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