Tawam Hospital Relies on Lexicomp® to Help Improve Patient Safety

Clinical Drug Information Tawam Hospital Relies on Lexicomp® to Help Improve Patient Safety

CLIENT PROFILE: TAWAM HOSPITAL Lexicomp Online provides clinicians access to three independent medicine information Tawam Hospital understands that improving resources within the same interface — patient safety isn’t just a responsibility. Lexicomp point-of-care content, Martindale It’s a strategic priority and global drug reference, and AHFS in-depth “The Lexicomp drug an area of commitment research-oriented database. In addition, integrated into the hospital the broad collection of Lexicomp databases information database system’s culture. That’s why enables users to quickly locate information is popular amongst our Tawam Hospital in Al Ain, on a wide range of topics, including: drug United Arab Emirates, trusts interactions; pediatric, adult and geriatric clinicians because the the Lexicomp application dosing and guidelines; IV compatibility; patient information it provides from Wolters Kluwer education; infectious diseases; allergies; and Clinical Drug Information to drug use during pregnancy and lactation. provide the best medicine is robust, concise, Lexicomp Online also provides many and clinical information international brand names of commonly up-to-date, and easy to to help its clinicians treat used medications. At Tawam Hospital, “The its patients. “Having used access and navigate.” international drug database is helpful in Lexicomp for five years at searching international brand names that we – Tawam Hospital Tawam Hospital, we realize encounter in this region.” Brand names from the value this resource the following countries are included: Argentina, has added to our process Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, of delivering patient care at the highest Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, standards, especially in the point-of-care Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, setting,” the hospital said in a statement. Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Lexicomp Online provides quicker, easier Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, access to extensive drug information Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Tawam Hospital is using Lexicomp Online as Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, its medicine information resource, giving all Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Tawam pharmacists, physicians and nurses Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, site-wide, point-of-care access to Lexicomp New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, drug and clinical content. “The Lexicomp drug Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, information database is popular amongst our Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, clinicians because the information it provides Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, is robust, concise, up-to-date, and easy to South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, access and navigate,” the hospital said. Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Vietnam. “We continue to use the Lexicomp Information Management System to build Patient education helps improve outcomes our online formulary. It’s a user-friendly Tawam clinicians also appreciate patient software that combines evidence-based education materials within Lexicomp Online, which are available in 19 languages, to deliver clinical data with institution-specific quality service and help promote safer availability and regulatory information.” outcomes for a large and varied patient base. “The patient education content, with the patient education leaflets available in diverse – Tawam Hospital languages, has particularly contributed to improving the quality of services we provide to our multicultural patient population.” “We continue to use the Lexicomp Information Designed to enhance patients’ understanding Management System (LIMS) to build our online of their conditions and care instructions, formulary,” the hospital said. “It’s a user- Wolters Kluwer patient education handouts friendly software that combines evidence- available within Lexicomp Online empower based clinical data with institution-specific patients with knowledge that helps them availability and regulatory information. All of feel more comfortable with their treatment which can be edited and exported online with options. Ideal for patient counseling, patient a click of a button, providing real-time access education handouts cover thousands of to formulary drug information throughout the medications, diseases, procedures, and more. hospital terminals.” Presented in an easy-to-read format, the materials help patients better understand FORMULINK (see inset to the right) creates a complex details about their condition, disease customized online formulary database that or medications – helping to lead to improved gives all Tawam clinicians quick access to patient outcomes. Lexicomp offers translated their health system’s formulary, policies and materials in the following languages: Arabic, procedures, and therapeutic guidelines – all Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), within Lexicomp Online. Additionally, Tawam Creole, English, French, German, Greek, formulary managers can manage and publish Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, their formulary with the LIMS editing tool. This Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Turkish, and helps clinicians access up-to-date information Vietnamese. on formulary information when prescribing medications. Streamlined access to formulary At Tawam Hospital, access to a customized information formulary not only means time savings for Healthcare providers at Tawam also appreciate its clinicians, but also enhanced medication the ease of use and accessibility of the safety. “Access to timely and relevant drug Lexicomp formulary management service, information has helped reduce medication FORMULINK. It is important that prescribing errors and improve patient care.” clinicians at the facility can easily look up information about their on-formulary medications. About Lexicomp FORMULINK The Lexicomp formulary service from Wolters Kluwer Clinical Drug Information allows hospitals and health systems to integrate their institution’s formulary, policies and procedures, and therapeutic guidelines with Lexicomp clinical information.

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