Medication Error and BPOC Bibliography
April 21, 2011 | In: Reference Materials
A comprehensive annotated bibliography of BPOC-related publications. Click here to download.
POC Headlines
The TerraPharma Project to Honor Leading Organizations in Barcode-Enabled Patient Safety
April 14, 2011 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The TerraPharma Project announces recipients of its 2011 Way-Paver Awards, recognizing individuals and organizations that have cleared the path and paved the way for a safer point of care in hospitals worldwide. Three awards...
Upcoming ISMP Webinar: Beyond the “5 Rights” of Medication Administration: A Safety Bolus for Nursing Leadership
April 13, 2011 | In: Nursing Practice
DATE & TIME: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 from 1:30pm - 3:00pm Eastern Time DESCRIPTION: Is nursing leadership in your organization losing sleep over medication administration errors? Are you wondering why the “5 Rights” aren’t working? Don’t let...
War on Errors
April 1, 2011 | In: I've Been Thinking
I’ve been thinking about pacifism, catechism, patient-recollection, and specimen-collection. Unfortunately, it’s easy to become insensitive to statistics about lives taken by bullets and bombs. Similarly, it’s easy to grow numb to oft-rehearsed...
The TerraPharma Project Will Convene Pharmacy and Nursing Leaders to Advance the Meaningful Use of Hospital Barcode Systems at The 2011 unSUMMIT
March 15, 2011 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clinical leaders in hospital pharmacy, nursing, information technology (IT) and patient safety will convene for the 6th annual unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding April 27-29, 2011 in Louisville, KY. Attendees will learn from peer...
Global Warming to Bar Coding
March 2, 2011 | In: I've Been Thinking
I’ve been thinking about windmills, butterflies, and the global warming I am witnessing toward bar-code scanning at the point of care. This morning I’m in the Netherlands on a train to Utrecht. Behind in Brussels, GS1 is concluding its Global...
Bar code system helps Salinas Valley Memorial prevent drug errors
February 25, 2011 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
Hundreds of thousands of hospital patients in the U.S. experience adverse reactions to preventable medication errors every year, but at the Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System, a new high-tech pharmacy aims to significantly reduce errors. The...
ASHP’s Statement on Bar-Code Verification
February 23, 2011 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
In a statement published in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists (Vol. 68, Mar 1, 2011), the American Society of Health System Pharmacists recommended bar-code verification systems as important tool in patient safety and quality care. "The...
Study in latest issue of AJHP Evaluates Medication-Error Alerts Detected by BCMA
February 22, 2011 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
Purpose. Medication-error alerts for warfarin orders detected by a bar-code-assisted medication administration (BCMA) system were evaluated. Methods. All patients receiving warfarin who were admitted to a university medical center between July 1, 2008,...
Investing in IT to Help Improve Patient Safety at Community Hospitals, video compliments of Siemens and Synaptic Digital
February 21, 2011 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
Across the country, healthcare organizations of every size are turning to solutions for health information technology. From community hospitals to integrated delivery networks and everything in between, healthcare providers are using HIT to help their...