BROOKLYN, N.Y., Sept. 11, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- MediModules, an innovative health IT company, has implemented a unique suite of electronic medication reconciliation applications -- MediRecon(tm) and MyMediList.com, at the Middletown Community Health Center, Inc. in Middletown, NY.
Performing medication reconciliation is a mandatory requirement of all healthcare facilities in the U.S. that are certified by the national regulatory organization, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). According to a 1999 landmark report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), To Err Is Human, medication errors are a leading cause of death and serious injury to Americans. According to a follow-up IOM report, Preventing Medication Errors, released July 20, 2006, medication mistakes injure over 1.5 million Americans every year and at least a quarter of these are preventable. To decrease errors, JCAHO mandates that each medication that a patient takes along the continuum of healthcare must be accounted for and 'reconciled.'
MediRecon(tm) helps healthcare facilities improve their medication management process. It provides a secure, seamless workflow for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists and ensures patient's involvement in the process with its in-built connectivity with the MyMediList.com patient portal. This first-of-its-kind application is built with JCAHO requirements and patient safety at the core.
"For medication reconciliation to be truly effective, the patient must be a central part of this process," explained Munish Khaneja, MD, MPH, MediModules' Chief Medical Officer, "and our suite of applications ensures patient's active involvement in the medication process. MediRecon and MyMediList.com are the first to provide bilateral seamless connectivity between patients and healthcare facilities."
MyMediList.com is a free patient portal that boasts one of the most extensive medication databases in the industry. This provides decision support to patients and minimizes data entry errors in medication names and doses. Using MyMediList.com, patients access and update their medication profile from anywhere and send the information to their healthcare providers.
Theresa Maloney, BS, CEO of Middletown Community Health Center (MCHC), a 330(e)-funded ambulatory care center with five locations in the Lower Hudson Valley of New York, stated, "We at MCHC feel that this program is a step in the right direction to the delivery of quality care. It removes one more barrier when it comes to patient safety.
"It takes the guess work out of medication and allergy history when writing a prescription and ...(the connectivity) ...helps to engage the patient in their care process. It is these partnerships that promote change in the healthcare arena."
About MediModules, Inc.
MediModules is a health-IT company based in New York whose mission is to promote patient safety, improve healthcare efficiency, and ensure regulatory compliance by creating innovative, state-of-the-art software applications for all healthcare settings. MediModules applications are designed by physicians for physicians with years of experience in healthcare and IT and a clear understanding of healthcare workflow. MediModules provides competitively priced informatics services geared for healthcare industry.