BD has launched a new software application to help hospitals and health systems identify drug diversion. As part of the BD HealthSight platform, which supports enterprise-wide medication management, the new, cloud-based diversion management application is designed to assist diversion investigations by creating an investigation workflow to monitor, triage, and assign potential diversion cases to specific investigators. The system utilizes machine learning algorithms and multiple dispensing behaviors (such as overrides, canceled transactions, and delays in dispensing, administering, and wasting medications) to identify users whose behavior indicates higher risk for diversion. By aggregating EMR and dispensing cabinet data, the application automates the manual review and reconciliation process and automatically flags anomalous dispense, administration, and waste transactions.

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