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.
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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