Pharmacy Service shall maintain a medication profile on every patient in the hospital. This profile will be constantly revised and updated by computer order entry as therapy changes. In order to facilitate continuity of care and provide for patient safety, all information available in the pharmacy about a patient’s medication regimen will be readily supplied to all healthcare professionals involved in the care of the patient. The patient medication profile will be available on-line for every nursing unit using the computerized practitioner order entry (CPOE) system for order entry and current medications will print on the physician rounds sheet.

1. When a patient is admitted to the hospital the ADT system automatically enters the patient into CPOE system and the pharmacy system creating an active profile.

2. As medication orders are entered electronically or written on the patient, entries are verified in the computer by the pharmacist.

3. Every hour the CPOE system will electronically transfer to WebChart and a local computer in the pharmacy the following reports: Patient profiles for the entire hospital; IV labels batch file; and the cartfill lists. These reports can then be accessed during an intended or unintended downtime of the CPOE system.

4. The pharmacist rounding on any particular patient care unit or with a certain medical team may print copies of the desired profiles for use by the team or patient care unit.