Information is essential in the risk management of treatment after admission.With this in mind,we created a system allowing information regarding medicines brought to hospital by inpatients to be shared among hospital medical staff.It is based on electronic medical records and permits the administration of medicines patients have brought to hospital to be confirmed following their admission.In the present study,we gave a questionnaire to doctors and nurses so that they could evaluate the functionality of the system.The results were evaluated using customer satisfaction (CS) analysis.We also examined the amount of reduction in drug purchase costs through the use of medicines brought to hospital by inpatients.For doctors,CS analysis showed that the display of medicines brought to hospital by inpatients on an electronic medical record screen required improvement.For nurses,the results of CS analysis indicated that they were satisfied with the system's functionality.Use of medicines brought to hospital by inpatients after admission led to average monthly savings in hospital drug purchase costs of 1,345,473 yen.In conclusion,our risk management system has high utility in view of its functionality and contribution to improving hospital management.
