Pump Up the Safety With Smart Pumps

May 2025

Evidence shows smart pump interoperability with the EHR may cut errors with high-risk meds in half...but it might lead to other problems.

Interoperability connects the EHR with the pump via scanning the barcodes on the pump and IV bags. Order parameters (rates, durations, etc) from the EHR are directly sent to the pump...no manual entry needed.

But errors are still occurring due to unclear software warnings...alert fatigue...and incorrect barcode scans.

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