The benefits of the MOE/MAR implementation: a quantitative approach.

Once the decision was made to implement an electronic medication order entry and medication administration record system at the University Health Network, a significant question soon emerged: How would UHN be able to determine if the project had indeed accomplished its stated objectives of improving patient safety and the medication ordering and processing cycle?

Implementing MOE/MAR: balancing project management with change management.

When Toronto-based University Health Network initiated its Medication Order Entry/Medication Administration Record project in 2001, it was well understood by the organization that this would be one of the largest change management initiatives undertaken, and would require rigorous project management, significant clinical involvement and a well-developed change management program.