title: Impact of barcode medication administration technology on how nurses spend their time on clinical care.
abstract: In a time-motion study conducted in a hospital that recently implemented barcode medication administration (BCMA) technology, we found that the BCMA system did not increase the amount of time nurses spend on medication administration activities, and did not compromise the amount of time nurses spent on direct care of patients. Our results should allay concerns regarding the impact of BCMA on nursing workflow.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Eric G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keohane
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Featherstone
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hays
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dervan
authors.forename: Seth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woolf
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bane
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Newmark
authors.forename: Tejal K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Gandhi
mesh_terms: D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D006801:Humans; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009736:Nursing Process; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013996:Time and Motion Studies