title: Field verification methodology using bar coding to record data.
abstract: Bar codes, the ubiquitous labels on consumer products, can be used to record patient care data. Bar code entry offers precise, time-stamped, data records. Bar code readers, coupled with a personal computer, can produce an electronic medical record as well as analyze data trends.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc, Indianapolis.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Bock
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010355:Patient Identification Systems