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Gaylord Specialty Healthcare to Implement New Bedside Medication Verification System
Gaylord Specialty Health Care, a not-for-profit long-term acute care hospital that specializes in the care and treatment of people with medically complex and intensive rehabilitation issues, is implementing a new bedside medication verification system, made possible by a $75,000 grant from Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA).
The grant will be used to purchase the necessary equipment to bring medication verification into each patient room. Once fully implemented, the new system will allow caregivers to utilize bar code scanning technology prior to administering medications. The goal is to reduce the chance for medication errors, reduce costs due to preventable errors, and improve interaction at the bedside.
“At Gaylord, our patient mix is some of the most acute and critically ill patients in the state. As a result, our patients receive a very large number of drugs – on average our patients are given 25-30 different medications each day and we administer over a million medications a year,” said George Kyriacou, Gaylord Specialty Healthcare CEO. “Thanks to this advanced technology we are able to double check patient medication and help solidify our commitment to ensuring our patients receive the best and most advanced care possible.”
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Jeannette Weldon, Managing Director of CHEFA, was on hand to present the $75,000 check to Gaylord last month. The heads of Gaylord’s nursing, information technology and pharmacy departments were also there to celebrate the commencement of this multi-disciplinary project. CHEFA is a quasi-governmental agency, and one of its roles is to make grants to organizations, such as Gaylord, to help them enhance the health of Connecticut residents.
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