Cost saving effect of computer software to design neonatal parenteral nutrition. 1887


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INTRODUCTION: Neonatal parenteral nutrition (PN) should be individualized for each patient's nutrition needs. Currently a pharmacy team(pharmacist and technician) must convert manually


patient PN requirements into PN component volumes, and independently verify these volumes. This conventional manual system is both time-consuming and subject to mathematical errors. We


hypothesized that computer software assisted ordering (CSAO) of PN could record individual patient PN requirements, define PN component volumes, eliminate mathematical errors and save


pharmacy time. METHODS: A pilot study of 33 PN orders was completed using both the conventional manual system and the new CSAO system. The following variables were compared: TIME spent


calculating PN volumes and independent verification, SALARY/BENEFITS of the pharmacist and technician, and computer (CSAO) installation/maintenance costs. CSAO also provides ordering


parameters for the physician to define the recommended safe therapeutic range for each component. Table RESULTS: Based on 5546 PN orders (11/94-11/95), CSAO demonstrates net savings of


$20,299. Full network connection of the pharmacy could save an additional $11,646. CONCLUSIONS: CSAO of PN can effect significant cost savings. Both the saving of physicians' time and


the elimination of manual calculation errors remain unquantifiable benefits. AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Dept. of Pediatrics, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest


Univ, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, Peter Porcelli & Eugene Adcock Authors * Peter Porcelli View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar * Eugene


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Adcock, E. COST SAVING EFFECT OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE TO DESIGN NEONATAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION. 1887. _Pediatr Res_ 39 (Suppl 4), 317 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199604001-01911


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