What on earth was I thinking when I made the prediction? Eight years ago I said by the end of 2010, 80 percent of America’s hospitals with 100 or more beds would have bar-code point-of-care (BPOC) systems in place for matching medications and IVs with...

This I’ve been thinking was written on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of GS1 Healthcare and was published in the Autumn 2010 edition of GS1 Healthcare News. I’ve been thinking about connecting dots. The year I was born, Warner Brothers...

I’ve been thinking about game plans for improving the accuracy of patient identification with bar coding at the point of care (BPOC). I’ve borrowed my title for this two-part article from NBC’s Friday Night Lights. It’s the mantra Coach Taylor...

I’ve been thinking about hospital game plans for improving the accuracy of patient identification. The Joint Commission’s (TJC) number-one National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) for 10 years running expects hospitals to “improve the accuracy of...

I’ve been thinking about birthing, bicycling, and bar coding. This week, my youngest of five (whom I delivered at home twenty-five July’s ago) gave birth to her first, also at home. Relax. Both were low-risk with certified midwives present and...

I’ve been thinking about the Dodgers, George Carlin, Nurse Jackie and drugs—oh yeah, and near misses. It’s Monday about to turn Tuesday. Our return flight to Seattle has been weather-delayed after our weekend in So Cal. On Saturday, we nearly...

I’ve been thinking about the need for traveling mercies on the patient-safety technology highway. It’s Memorial Day weekend, and the Washington jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing is $260 million. Which reminds me of the guy who prayed all his life...

I’ve been twittering and pondering how we could share The unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding with friends who can’t make it to Atlanta May 5-7. And I found a way. Three of my favorite birds on the wire will be sending tweets from The unSUMMIT that you...

I’ve been thinking about checklists. My kids and their kids love Arnold Lobel’s Frog and Toad stories. So do I. My favorite is A List. Still in bed, Toad decides to make a list so he can remember all the things he must do in the day before him....

I’ve been thinking about the impact of mobile computing on fertility, frugality, mortality, and posterity. Recently, I posted a picture of my sixth grandchild on Facebook. A buddy in California wrote something on my wall about knowing me when I was...