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.
Month: October 2010
RxCalc 1.2 ready for download – want a free copy?
RxCalc 1.2 has been approved by the powers to be at Apple and is now available for download in the iTunes store. For those of you that don’t know about RxCalc, it is a pharmacokinetics calculator made by Apple Core Labs specifically designed to handle aminoglycoside and vancomycin kinetics, i.e. new starts and adjustments. I’ve been intimately involved with the development of RxCalc, and you can read more about what drove the idea and the development of it here if you’re interested.
Top blog posts and searches from last week (40)
I always find it interesting to see what brings people to my website and what they decided to read once they get here. Most read posts over the past 7 days: Cool Technology for Pharmacy (June 18,2009 – Alaris Smartpumps) Automated unit-dose packagers for acute care pharmacy Best iPhone / iPod Touch Applications for Pharmacists … Read more
The Skyscape iPad giveaway
I thought you might like to know that Skyscape is giving away 10 iPads as part of a promotion celebrating October 10, 2010, you know 10/10/10. All you have to do is spend $75 or more by 10/27/2010 and you’re automatically entered into the drawing. Here’s the email I received: Skyscape makes medical reference material … Read more
“What’d I miss?” – Week of October 3, 2010
As usual there were a lot of things that happened during the week, and not all of it was pharmacy or technology related. Here’s a quick look at some of the stuff I found interesting.
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 of RFID technology in healthcare for quite some time. I think there’s real value in the use of RFID secondary to the ability to encode significant amounts of information in the tag. The information contained in an RFID tag could potentially include a patient’s medication regimen, allergies and medical condition. The value become obvious when you consider the possibilities during medication administration in the acute care setting.
Impressive offerings in the new edition of ACI eJournal
The third issue of the eJournal Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) is available online and it’s packed with some pretty interesting stuff. Even though CPOE and CDS have been topics for discussion for quite sometime, they’ve somehow managed to fly under the radar for the most part. Here’s some stuff on CPOE and CDS in the … Read more
Top blog posts and searches from last week (39)
I always find it interesting to see what brings people to my website and what they decided to read once they get here. Most read posts over the past 7 days: Automated unit-dose packagers for acute care pharmacy Cool Technology for Pharmacy (June 18,2009 – Alaris Smartpumps) Best iPhone / iPod Touch Applications for Pharmacists … Read more