HEALTHCARE

PROPER BARCODING ENHANCES PATIENT SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL AND MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCIES OF A HOSPITAL / NURSING HOME.
Healthcare barcode solutions help streamline the patient admittance process, track medication and care admission, and identify patients throughout their entire stay. Barcode wristbands are typically created at the point of admission, and specific patient information is continually updated based on the patients’ needs. Medical records, medications and specimen samples are tagged with a barcode label for doctors and nurses to easily scan in order to trace critical patient information. For example, a nurse can use a mobile printer to create a barcode wristband while at the patient’s bedside. Each time a medication is being administered, a nurse or doctor can scan the patient’s wristband, scan the barcode on the medication and it will be instantly recorded in the patient’s medical record. The barcode technology makes sure the correct treatment is administered to the right patient, ultimately reducing errors and ensuring patient safety.Barcode solutions are also critical for workflow changes in hospitals and healthcare practices.

Patient safety and care in a healthcare practice is a top concern that doctors, nurses, administrators and staff aim to improve every day. However, even the most skilled, veteran practitioners are not immune to the occasional human error. Over the past few decades, there have been incredible advancements in patient safety, due in part to better technology. One technology that has had a tremendous impact is the barcode. In addition to increased patient safety and identification, this technology offers many other benefits, including improved operational efficiencies.

   Applications:

• Administering Correct Dosage
• Administering Correct Treatment
• Assuring error free Hospital operational & administrative activities and functions.