Using bar-code technology can substantially reduce transcription and medication errors, and prevent potential adverse events, according to a new study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and ...

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 ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62(24):2619-2625. A number of BPOC systems are commercially available. The functionality of these systems varies, but their basic concept is the same: the information ...

Medication errors have dropped and the number of nurses using bar code medication administration systems and physicians using computerized order entry systems has soared at Kaiser Permanente, which ...

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leapfrog Group, a national watchdog organization of employers and other purchasers focused on health care safety and quality, today released its 2019 ...

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 ...

A medication bar-coding program at Sutter Health hospitals has helped prevent 28,000 medication errors, 2,600 of which could have caused moderate or serious harm, the Sacramento Bee reports. Since the ...

Although bar code technology in medication administration can help prevent medication errors, misuse of the technology can also yield negative results and create new potential medication errors, ...

CHICAGO – Errors in drug ordering, dosage and monitoring that may have serious consequences for patients persist in hospitals even after the adoption of computerized medication systems, according to a ...

We've known the dismal statistics for a while now. Each year as many as 98,000 Americans die as a result of human errors made in hospitals. MORE THAN 7,000 of them--a higher number than those lost to ...