In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care technology to positively impact medication ...

In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care (BCPOC) technology to positively impact medication ...

Purpose. A hospital pharmacy's efforts to identify and address challenges with bedside scanning of bar codes on large-volume parenteral (LVP) infusion bags are described. Summary. Bar-code-assisted ...

Only 30 percent of 1,859 measured hospitals fully meet the Leapfrog Group patient safety standard for use of bar code medication administration technology, but a significant 74 percent fully meet the ...

A newly implemented medication barcoding system at the Michigan-based Beaumont Health System helped the organization prevent some 23,500 possible drug errors within a six-month time period, officials ...

Ronald Schneider, B.S.Pharm., M.H.A.; Jonathan Bagby, R.N., M.B.A., M.S.N.; Russ Carlson, R.N., B.S.N., M.H.A. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(23):2216-2219. In 1994 ...

However, researchers discovered an average of three clinician workarounds per medication administration. Nursing workarounds included failure to scan medications/patient armband and scanning the bar ...

Bar-code scanning solutions expected to improve efficiency and patient safety ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sanford USD Medical Center, the largest hospital in South Dakota, has installed McKesson’s ...

When it comes to choosing the right barcode medication administration system, industry experts advise prospective customers to take a close look at what electronic medical record they select. "You ...

Background: Many hospitals use barcode medication administration (BCMA) technology to improve inpatient medication safety. However, implementation of this technology requires significant changes in ...