May 1, 2007 | In: I've Been Thinking
I've been thinking...about the FDA's bar-code rule one year later and about the complaining that has followed. The FDA Bar Code Rule, requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to include bar codes on all immediate drug packages, went into full effect on...
April 12, 2007 | In: I've Been Thinking
I’ve been thinking . . . about the Joint Commission’s 2008 National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs). Along with some favorite swear words. Last year at The unSUMMIT on Bedside Barcode Technology in Practice, the esteemed Kenneth Barker received the...
March 12, 2007 | In: I've Been Thinking
I’ve been thinking about points. Ah, the ambiguity of the English language. Without more context, how could you possibly know what I have in mind by points? I’m writing this article from the skies above one of the Dakotas—roughly, the halfway...
February 5, 2007 | In: I've Been Thinking
I’ve been thinking about shower curtains, seat belts, and the increasing expectations on America’s hospitals to utilize bar-code point-of-care (BPOC) systems. While shaving this morning in the Harrisburg Hilton (CNN mumbling in the background), I...
December 1, 2006 | In: I've Been Thinking
I’ve been thinking Seattle, New York, Indianapolis and Madison. I spent the too-be-forgotten Father’s Day of ‘95 on the front row—just past the dugout on the third base line—at a Seattle Mariners’ baseball game. It turned out to be the...
November 23, 2006 | In: Reference Materials
The Pharmacist Toolkit for Implementing a Bar Coding Medication Safety Program is provided by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation and was made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from Omnicell. To...
November 22, 2006 | In: Reference Materials
Submitted by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, the purpose of this worksheet is to guide the hospital in calculating the potential savings resulting from the implementation of technology to reduce medication errors. The amount of savings will...
November 22, 2006 | In: Reference Materials
Submitted by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, this table is intended to help the hospital assess its needs (i.e., features that are "must have" versus "nice to have") and evaluate the capabilities of competing products. It can be used by a...
November 22, 2006 | In: Reference Materials
Submitted by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, the purpose of this checklist is to help the hospital plan for the implementation of new technologies and record its progress over time. It is meant to be used initially by senior management and...
November 14, 2006 | In: Reference Materials
Submitted by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, this tool is intended to help the organization assess the various processes involved in the delivery of medications and identify areas that would benefit from technological support. It may be...