Bar Coding news from FierceHealthcare
NewsTechnology drastically reduces medication errors, but poor history-taking ups mistakes
Hospitals that deploy bar-coding technology with an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) may prevent an estimated 90,000 medication errors per year, according to Dr. Eric G. Poon, Read more...
Joint Commission issues new heparin rules
In recent years, there's been nearly 60,000 heparin-related errors in hospitals, with about 1,700 result in patient harm or death. To turn this around, the Joint Commission has issued a safety alert Read more...
| Press ReleasesCareFusion to Provide Pyxis® Point-of-Care Products to Veterans Affairs Hospitals NationwideSAN DIEGO, Dec. 6, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CareFusion (NYSE: CFN), a leading, global medical device company, today announced the award of the Pyxis® point-of-care verification suite of Read more >> Progress Continues with Adoption of Health Information Technology but Significant Barriers Still ExistNew Most Wired Survey Methodology Launched CHICAGO, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hospitals understand the importance of health information technology (IT) and the benefits of its widespread Read more >> |
