System, method, and apparatus for electronic patient care

A system, the system comprising:

• a service-provider server hosting a global drug error reduction system, wherein the global drug error reduction system services a plurality of facilities with a uniform drug error reduction library;
• a local server hosting a local drug error reduction system, the local drug error reduction system having localized short names stored therein associated with global names received from the global drug error reduction system, wherein each localized short name contains fewer letters than a corresponding global name, wherein each localized short name is specific to a particular facility associated with the local server;
• a localized field editor disposed within the particular facility associated with the local server having the local drug error reduction system, the localized field editor for execution on a computing device and configured to edit the localized short names associated with the global names, wherein the localized field editor is configured to display, on a display, a predetermined standardized name for user selection when a predetermined short name is entered into the localized field editor through the display;
• and
• an infusion pump including a user interface configured to receive a user-entered treatment including a user-entered localized short name,
• wherein:
• the global names are downloaded into the local drug error reduction system from the global drug error reduction system,
• the localized short names are entered into the local drug error reduction system through the localized field editor,
• the treatment is communicated through a network from the infusion pump to the local drug error reduction system to determine safety of the treatment by accepting or denying administration of the treatment by the infusion pump by translating the localized short name into a global name for review by the local drug error reduction system to determine whether the treatment exceeds a predetermined hard limit;
• and
• the denied treatment is communicated from the local drug error reduction system to the infusion pump where the infusion pump is configured to prevent the administration of the treatment when the denied treatment is communicated.