Field verification methodology using bar coding to record data.
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.
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Emergency Medicine and Trauma Center, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc, Indianapolis.
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