VeriForm passes muster at Ky. med center

Jeff Byers | | Health Exec | Precision Medicine
Baptist Regional Medical Center, a 240-bed facility in Corbin, Ky., has implemented Wolters Kluwer Health’s VeriForm for its medication area inspections.

VeriForm is a checklist management system that helps hospitals document and report on compliance and patient safety issues throughout a facility, according to Wolters Kluwer. VeriForm provides allows users to create multiple forms and document all medication area inspections in one application, the company added.

The checklist management tools enable managers at Baptist Regional to run real-time reports to see which forms have been completed and monitor compliance trends by hospital area or criteria, Wolters Kluwer said.

Jeff Byers

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