A method of reducing a risk of medication errors, the method comprising the steps of: receiving at a mobile device a first value of an infusion parameter for a medication administration device configured to administer a medication to the patient according to the infusion parameter, the medication administration device being separate from the mobile device; comparing, at the mobile device, before the medication is administered to the patient by the medication administration device, the first value of the infusion parameter to a hard limit and a soft limit on the infusion parameter, providing a visual indication at a display screen of the mobile device if the first value of the infusion parameter contravenes the soft limit of the infusion parameter, the indication requiring an user acknowledgement that the first value is to remain in force; sending a signal, by the mobile device to the medication administration device, to initiate the administration of the medication to the patient by the medication administration device when the first value of the infusion parameter does not contravene a hard limit of the infusion parameter and the user acknowledgement is received when the first value contravenes the soft limit; and preventing, by the mobile device, the medication administration delivery device from beginning administration of the medication to the patient while the first value of the infusion parameter contravenes the hard limit of the infusion parameter by not sending the signal to the medical administration device. further comprising: receiving information associated with the patient and information associated with the medication; verifying, based on the information associated with the patient and the information associated with the medication, that the right medication is being delivered to the right patient; and if there is a discrepancy between the information associated with the patient and the information associated with the medication, providing an indication of an alert on a display device associated with the medication administration device, wherein the medication administration device is configured to receive the first value only after the verifying is complete and there is no discrepancy or the discrepancy has been corrected or overridden by a user. receiving at a mobile device a first value of an infusion parameter for a medication administration device configured to administer a medication to the patient according to the infusion parameter, the medication administration device being separate from the mobile device; comparing, at the mobile device, before the medication is administered to the patient by the medication administration device, the first value of the infusion parameter to a hard limit and a soft limit on the infusion parameter, providing a visual indication at a display screen of the mobile device if the first value of the infusion parameter contravenes the soft limit of the infusion parameter, the indication requiring an user acknowledgement that the first value is to remain in force; sending a signal, by the mobile device to the medication administration device, to initiate the administration of the medication to the patient by the medication administration device when the first value of the infusion parameter does not contravene a hard limit of the infusion parameter and the user acknowledgement is received when the first value contravenes the soft limit; and preventing, by the mobile device, the medication administration delivery device from beginning administration of the medication to the patient while the first value of the infusion parameter contravenes the hard limit of the infusion parameter by not sending the signal to the medical administration device. further comprising: receiving information associated with the patient and information associated with the medication; verifying, based on the information associated with the patient and the information associated with the medication, that the right medication is being delivered to the right patient; and if there is a discrepancy between the information associated with the patient and the information associated with the medication, providing an indication of an alert on a display device associated with the medication administration device, wherein the medication administration device is configured to receive the first value only after the verifying is complete and there is no discrepancy or the discrepancy has been corrected or overridden by a user. receiving information associated with the patient and information associated with the medication; verifying, based on the information associated with the patient and the information associated with the medication, that the right medication is being delivered to the right patient; and if there is a discrepancy between the information associated with the patient and the information associated with the medication, providing an indication of an alert on a display device associated with the medication administration device, wherein the medication administration device is configured to receive the first value only after the verifying is complete and there is no discrepancy or the discrepancy has been corrected or overridden by a user.