Everything you need to know about digital MAR charts 

eMAR stands for Electronic Medication Administration Record and is a digital version of a paper MAR chart that care providers use to record medication administration at their care homes.  

Our market-leading electronic medicines management system, ATLAS eMAR, has proven to increase resident safety and improve care home efficiency, by enabling care providers to deliver the right medication at the right time. In addition, it offers care homes greater flexibility and the freedom to work with their preferred pharmacies.​ 

eMAR systems make it easy for care homes to keep residents’ medical records accurate and up to date by allowing care providers to digitally manage, schedule, and track resident medication and keep staff informed of their resident's allergies. Furthermore, both nursing staff and pharmacies are updated with the resident's medication plan. 

ATLAS has been proven to eradicate 21 out of 23 common medication errors associated with paper MAR charts, improves “missing entries” by 80%, and saves an average of 65 staff hours per month.

ATLAS eMAR - Benefits all round 

Everything that care home providers and commissioners want: Safety, efficiency, and accountability.

Benefits to Residents & Families 

Benefits to Care Home Team 

Benefits to NHS & Health Board 

Benefits to Pharmacy Team 

ATLAS eMAR - Is it for me? 

Have a read of what our customers say about ATLAS eMAR:  

''ATLAS eMAR has allowed us to reduce the need and reliance on paper MARs, which led to poor recording. We have more ability to manage stock levels in our care homes using the ATLAS eMAR interface. We have been able to audit all aspects relating to medicines management, especially where information for CQC inspections is concerned''. 

Mark Clements, Group Operations Manager, Springdene Care Homes

''Brundall Care Home saves hours on stock control and ordering with Atlas eMAR. I can’t fault it; everybody loves using the system. The guys who do the administration tell me how much it has cut down the time needed to do the rounds, which is fantastic''.

Sarah Stuttle, Manager, Brundall Care Home

''ATLAS eMAR is very impressive because it supports the pharmacist by providing additional safeguards through the dispensing process (e.g. clinical checks and scanning of stock boxes)''.

Geoff Thomas, Pharmacy Business Owner, Malpas Wales