Immediate steps toward patient safety.
Patient safety should be a fundamental element in any hospital's philosophy, mission, and vision. Use of barcode point-of-care technology (BPOC) to reduce medication errors is a patient-safety approach that hospitals can implement within a short time frame and obtain immediate benefits. Advantages of BPOC are that it is intuitive, cost-effective, and conducive to improved patient satisfaction.
Johnson
Van R
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Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif., USA.
Hummel
John
J
Kinninger
Terance
T
Lewis
Russell R
RR
D002140:California; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*