Wireless Technology Dramatically Reduces Medication Errors: Bar Code System's Approach and Effectiveness Earns Multiple Innovator Awards

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Prescription,
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Wireless Technology
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Overview: Appropriate medication administration requires a strong system of checks and balances to standardize delivery from the time a doctor writes a prescription to the moment the drug is given to a patient. To systematically eliminate medication errors, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) partnered with EDS to develop the Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) system. This real-time point-of-care system allows physicians to enter medication orders, physicians to fill prescriptions, and nurses to deliver medications through handheld barcode devices that improve both the speed and accuracy of medication delivery.

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