Serious medication errors occurs in 3.8 million patient admissions each year in USA, resulting in 18,4 billion US$ of additional costs each year.

MedApp Sentri7 and Quantifi has documented savings of more the 6 billions US$ in 6 years.

Infographic from www.pharmacyonesource.com 

About the Author

Tim McMenamin is Vice President of Marketing for the Clinical Terminology and Surveillance (CTS) business at Wolters Kluwer, including the Sentri7 real-time clinical surveillance product portfolio. Tim has more than 30 years of experience in the Hospital Information Technology (HIT) industry and has been an active member of HIMSS, ASHP, HFMA and other healthcare communities for many years. Leveraging emerging technologies to deliver clinical content to the point-of-care has been an area of special interest and research.