Clinicode ltd. develops and markets healthcare IT (Information Technology) solutions that enable healthcare organizations such as hospitals, HMOs and IT vendors such as e-prescribing, EMR (Electronic Medical Record), CPOE (Computerized Physician Order Entry) and PIS (Pharmacy Information System) to improve the safety of the medications prescribed and dispensed.
Market demand to increase patient safety is growing rapidly. Information technology (IT) has the potential to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of clinical care. The United States Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported in 1999 ("To Err Is Human") that medical mistakes cause between 44,000 and 98,000 deaths in the USA alone and create additional costs of between $17 and $29 billion. According to this report medication errors are estimated to account for 7,000 deaths annually in the US alone. The IOM has recommended setting up systems to help prevent errors. The result has been the move towards the use of information technology to improve healthcare.
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