title: A technology for all seasons. South Carolina hospital uses bar code scanning throughout the enterprise,  in clinical and nonclinical settings, for increased efficiency and quality.
authors.affiliation: Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bray
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D017751:Safety Management; D013022:South Carolina; D018511:Systems Integration