Bar coding. An effective productivity concept.
Bar coding is becoming a major contributor to the information revolution taking place in the health-care industry. Besides improving nursing productivity, bar coding can improve the quality of documentation and enhance the manner in which staffing requirements are identified and patient classification information gathered.
Department of Business Administration, School of Business and Economics, Weber State University, Ogden, UT.
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D002140:California; D003199:Computer Systems; D004526:Efficiency; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D009737:Nursing Records; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*; D010562:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Information Systems; D012985:Software Design; D000078329:Workforce