The long term care facility at South Lincoln Medical Center located in rural Wyoming has a 24 bed capacity that maintains maximum occupancy. Each of the five healthcare providers rotates after hours call for the residents, and often are contacted for medication adjustments or analgesics, and do not have access to the list of medications for these residents. Utilization of an integrated Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) will allow the providers access to the medication list of the long term care residents. By tapping onto the resident’s name, a current list of prescribed medications, including drug to drug interaction appears on the screen. The purpose of the project is to determine if the healthcare providers would be more satisfied with medication management of these residents with access to a complete list of medications.
