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ceruleanpure t1_jcmybpu wrote

Reply to comment by RigelOrionBeta in Study finds patient-friendly prescription labels improve medication adherence: More than 100,000 people die each year from not taking medications as prescribed by universityofga

  1. I have had MD prescribe stuff for patients, that, as I’m typing the order in the computer, the computer has a hard stop and I have to chose a different timing or strength. This results in a call back to the MD to argue about policies for patient safety.

  2. Sometimes we do get an order for “one a day or as needed”. The computer ALSO hard-stops this. It’s either a “scheduled med” (once per day) or a “prn med” (as needed). You cannot have both; the system won’t let you.

So; whereas sometimes docs and sometimes pharmacists do make mistakes; I’m more likely to blame the computer system for all of the hard-stops and system policies that cannot be overridden. Don’t get me wrong!! Hard stops are good when they catch something stupid dangerous, but they are also annoying for easy/okay overrides.

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