Category Archives: Barcoding
unSUMMIT 2011 Presentation (#unSUM11)
I uploaded the presentation I gave Thursday at the unSUMMIT in Louisville, Kentucky. You can see it below, although some of the slides came out a little rough when I uploaded it to slideshare. It looks like it may have … Continue reading →
Preparing for the unSUMMIT (#unSUM11)
I’m sitting in a hotel bar in Louisville, Kentucky having a salad as I prepare to register for the unSUMMIT. This is the second year in a row I’ve made the trek to the unSUMMIT. I felt that the experience … Continue reading →
FMEA and BCMA, two acronyms that work well together
During my time as an IT pharmacist I was fortunate enough to be part of two Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) groups; one for CPOE and another for BCMA. The FMEA process is labor intensive and time consuming, but … Continue reading →
BCMA Technology: Characterization of Med Triggers and Workarounds (Article)
There’s an interesting article in the February 2011 issue of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy dealing with BCMA and what the author describes as “clinical workarounds”.1 Abstract BACKGROUND: Bar code medication administration (BCMA) technology is gaining acceptance for its ability to … Continue reading →
More problematic barcodes
Recently I’ve heard of hospitals having problems with barcodes on pre-mixed IV bags. The problem isn’t related to the legibility or quality of the barcodes, but rather the location and/or the information contained within the barcode itself.
RFID still a solid alternative to barcoding
There’s an interesting article in the most recent issue of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare (PSQH) about the use of RFID technology in healthcare and what advantages it may offer over current barcoding technology. I’ve been interested in the use … Continue reading →
Standardized Numerical Identifiers (SNIs), say what?
A couple of weeks ago a friend and colleague shot me an email asking me if I’d heard about the new “pedigree stuff on barcoding”. I consider myself pretty well informed for the most part, but I had no idea … Continue reading →
Laser etched bar-code may help curb counterfeit drugs, among other uses
One Nucleus: “The technique will allow faster identification and resolution of any manufacturing quality problems but will also prove invaluable as an anti-counterfeit measure because the specific coding and validation systems are almost impossible to copy. Currently most components within … Continue reading →
Automated unit-dose packagers for acute care pharmacy
I was doing a little Sunday morning reading and came across an interesting set of slides at the Pharmacy Purchasing & Products (PPP) website (registration required to access the slides). I haven’t spent much time reading PPP Magazine, but I … Continue reading →
Quick Hit – A couple of interesting bar-coding tidbits
There were a couple of things about bar-coding in the web-stream that caught my attention today. The first item was a tweet from @hospitalrx mentioning an application at USA.gov for the iPhone and Android OS that can be used to … Continue reading →