The device or system supporter has many functions, these function are to allow the clinician to be have portable access to health information about a patient. This device can cover safety about medication administration, and for billing purposes. Most hospitals use them today and the hospital bracelets are tagged with a bar code on them. Hospitals and other organization need to consider the challenges that may be faced using this kind of device; the hospital must already have a COPE system installed. Having the COPE system already installed means that the medication information would not need to be entered manually. The COPE system would take care of most of the medication business for the clinicians (LaTour, Eichenwald-Maki, & Amatayakul, 2011).The device also depends on the ability to detect barcodes of medication bottles (LaTour, Eichenwald-Maki, & Amatayakul, 2011).The bar codes must also be present on the medication bottles in order to receive data on the dosages or calculations (LaTour, Eichenwald-Maki, & Amatayakul, 2011).In fact, the FDA has required that all medication bottles have bar codes on the bottle. Having the barcodes on the bottle, will give the clinician information about the drug. Use of this device can be a big challenge for smaller hospitals because purchasing drugs by unit is very expensive (LaTour, Eichenwald-Maki, & Amatayakul, 2011).Lastly, not all drugs are easy to scan the barcode. For example, multiple IV bags that may be used in intensive care, are difficult to scan by unit (LaTour, Eichenwald-Maki, & Amatayakul, 2011).Another challenge may include the names of the drugs; they may not be the same has the names in the pharmacy (LaTour, Eichenwald-Maki, & Amatayakul, 2011).This is a problem because the pharmacy uses a system that brings up the drug name, serial number, and manufacturer for example (LaTour, Eichenwald-Maki,…
Customers are continuing to turn to the internet for clothing shopping because the online stores offers fashion trends and styling tips as well, and shoppers can quickly search the items by various categories, which makes shopping experience more efficient and not physically demanding. The leading online retailers of designer brands including Net-A-Porter.com and Bluefly.com have performed well showing revenue increase except for the fourth quarter 2008.…
There is strong evidence that new technologies offer significant advantages in time management, cost, & availability for the people and the level of training for interpretation in many diagnostic procedure (Lobach, D. F., Low, R., Arbanas,ures,). All these advancements have led to change the way, that health care will be delivered in the future.…
Utilizing bar code scanning for caregivers also accurately captures user information for charting, charging and provides an effective audit trail. When the caregiver scans the patients bar coded wristband, the caregiver has real-time access to the patient’s orders and can view what currently needs to be done for the patient. When the caregiver then scans an item or medication, the scanned bar code is compared with the order profile. If it does not match the caregiver is alerted to the discrepancy, and a potential error is averted (Council., 2003).…
The use of clinical information systems is becoming ever more popular since it was mandated that all Americans will have an electronic health record by 2014. Having experience in computerized and non - computerized facilities it is evident of the pros and cons of each. The U.S. healthcare system has been given a strategy to reduce medical errors, increase quality of care and save the healthcare system billions of dollars. The strategy to accomplish this is through the implementation of clinical information systems. The first tool discussed is the electronic medication administration record and barcode technology. Koshy (2005) gave the following statistic regarding medication errors. “Medication errors cause 7,000 deaths each year, with the cost of morbidity and mortality at 77 billion dollars per year” (Koshy, 2005). Thus showing the need for an improved system regarding medications.…
Computers are used in the diagnosis of patients preventing a lot of needless exploratory surgeries. Magnetic resonance imaging employs computer software to make use of digital geometry processing techniques to obtain 3-D images. Sophisticated computers and infrared cameras are used for obtaining high-resolution images. Computers are widely used for the generation of 3-D images. These images can be used by doctors to diagnose patients without, having to touch a scalpel. Monitoring systems in the hospitals keep track of a patient’s progress and provide warnings when a patient needs immediate assistance. Data collected by the monitors are reviewed by the patients doctor allowing them to hone in on the issue. Computers are also…
Technology is an ever-changing part of our society that has affected the healthcare profession greatly. It seems that every few months a new technology is introduced to improve quality care and safety in every aspect of healthcare, whether it be inpatient services or emergency services. “Trends in the rise of smartphone adoption and usage by the young and the old in the United States provide a new frontier for computer science and engineering to develop applications that allow the sharing of life-saving information during an emergency in ways that were not possible before” (Aguinaga, 2012). QR codes are a new form of technology that is being trialed by emergency workers to obtain crucial patient information needed to provide proper care in urgent situations. “QR codes are two-dimensional matrix codes that differ from the conventional barcodes, because a QR code is capable of storing up to several hundred times more information” (Aguinaga, 2012). This new form of technology has many advantages and disadvantages, which can lead to many perspective patients being weary of creating their own QR code.…
Serious medication errors are common in hospitals and often occur during order transcription or administration of medication. To help prevent such errors, bar coding technology has been put into place. The software was designed to improve medication administration accuracy and to generate online patient medication records. Barcode Medication Administration software enables users to document electronic administration of medications at bedside. Millions of Americans are injured each year due to medication errors. Within the hospital systems, medication errors cost over three billion dollars per year. Nurses are at the frontline of medication administration. At a three hundred-bed community, hospital bar coding administration was implemented. This application was created and implemented by an IT representative, staff nurses, nursing and pharmacy administrators. These individuals initiated the process, by changing medication policies and procedures, downtime procedures, workflow designs, planning for nursing training, and changes to medication administration. With positive results bar-cod technology reduced medication errors by eighty percent. Implementing barcoding technology decreases medication administration errors in with in different care settings.…
To reduce medication errors, a bar code system has been implemented in many healthcare facilities (Nelson and Staggers, 2013). The patient obtains an I.D bracelet upon admission that has a…
Technology in health care is growing substantially every single second of the day and becoming an essential for health care professionals. Technology has not only is made communication easier, but played a rather large role in preventing patient harm. Valerie J. Gooder Ph.D., RN reports that the Institute of Medicine in 1999 reported that “nearly a million patients each year are injured in hospitals in the United States due to error. Medication errors occur more often than other categories of preventable errors (19%), and most medication errors occurred during medication administration (34%) where they were more likely to directly impact the patient and cause harm.” (Gooder, 2011). Not long after looking at these percentages was the BCMA (Barcode…
That will be considered as medication error because now the patient is getting the wrong drug administered. The computer will not know this information even if the nurse scans the patient’s wristband. On the other hand, some nurses the system steps to give patients because they have to go through all the prompts. And also technical issues such as battery life is necessary to use the barcoding device (Getz, 2010). Some nurses also experience printing problems such as unreadable wristbands which make it difficult to…
A little mistake regarding Medication can make hurt the patient and can prompt expanded social insurance use and expenses. Barcode-based technology coupled with the electronic medication administration record (e-MAR) reduces medication errors and potential adverse drug events (ADEs). During barcode-enabled medication administration (BCMA), the nurses scans the barcode present on the wristband of patients to check if correct medication is used right patient art the right time or not. Finally the nurse scans the hospital identification batch to store the event in the medical records. However, many current BCMA systems are difficult to maneuver and often require multiple barcode…
Misidentification of patients can occur in any location where healthcare is provided, such as hospital wards and outpatient clinics, laboratory and imaging departments and in primary healthcare clinics. The consequences of patient misidentification can result in inappropriate management including investigations, diagnosis and treatment (Dhatt, 2011). The integration of the Epic software in hospitals and healthcare settings has made scanning a patient’s wristband the epitome of opening a patient’s chart to utilize for documentation the delivery of medications to the correct patient. This eliminates the workaround of nurses when multiple medications are scanned at the same time for various…
Today, although undefined, there have been major advancements in technology in recent years regarding software and hardware in the world of business and medicine. These advancements have revolutionized how money changes hands in the world’s financial markets, how major surgeries are conducted, and how technology is used in the education of today’s youth.…
Health care is one of the many industries that use bar codes for efficiency. Bar codes are used in the health care industry to manage and maintain patient’s records, track medical supplies, check the status of medical equipment, and to manage data quickly and accurately. Since the use of bar codes in the health care industry, there have been studies, has shown bar codes reduce medical errors. Bar code has been around since 1952 and has helped every industry become more efficient in collecting and tracking services and products.…