Bar code; Nurses carry scanners on rounds to track of where they have been and verify that they looked in on patients.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20569/
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An electronic barcode medication administration system was successfully implemented in the acute care and long-term care sections of a 118-bed Veterans Administration hospital beginning in February 2000. Known as Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA), the software was designed to improve medication administration accuracy and to generate online patient medication records. The application was created by the Eastern Kansas Health Care System and the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center, and was modified to meet the general requirements of all U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical centers. The nationally implemented Barcode Medication Administration software enables users to document electronically the administration of medications at the bedside, or where other points of care are involved. Barcode technology and real-time network connectivity are used to improve the accuracy of medication administration.”
Bar code; Nurses carry scanners on rounds to track of where they have been and verify that they looked in on patients.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK20569/
(No date provided...)
An electronic barcode medication administration system was successfully implemented in the acute care and long-term care sections of a 118-bed Veterans Administration hospital beginning in February 2000. Known as Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA), the software was designed to improve medication administration accuracy and to generate online patient medication records. The application was created by the Eastern Kansas Health Care System and the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center, and was modified to meet the general requirements of all U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) medical centers. The nationally implemented Barcode Medication Administration software enables users to document electronically the administration of medications at the bedside, or where other points of care are involved. Barcode technology and real-time network connectivity are used to improve the accuracy of medication administration.”