CLEVELAND 鈥� OneDose has launched an electronic (eMACC), a medication safety tool designed specifically for EMS.
The technology digitizes the Medication Administration Cross-Check process into a single-provider workflow intended to help reduce medication errors while maintaining the pace of patient care, OneDose said in a .
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eMACC is designed to bring medication safety standards shown to cut medication errors by more than 40% into the field for EMS clinicians and other out-of-hospital providers, according to Dr. John Hill.
University Hospitals鈥� EMS Institute became involved early in development, participating in beta testing of the application.
鈥淯niversity Hospitals continues to lead the way in prehospital innovation,鈥� OneDose Founder and Chief Executive Officer Tristen Hazlett said. 鈥淐ollaborating directly with UH leadership has helped shape OneDose into a platform capable of supporting large-scale systems. The system-wide deployment of eMACC sets a new benchmark for medication safety across more than 300 EMS agencies.鈥�
Each year, University Hospitals releases updated EMS protocols and medication changes in a 430-page PDF. Instead of revising and redistributing a master protocol document, UH now implements those updates in the OneDose app and pushes the changes directly to EMS providers.
