Medical Errors Reduction Initiative

Abstract

The Valley Hospital of Ridgewood, New Jersey, is proposing to extend a limited but highly successful specimen management system. The system utilizes barcodes and handheld technology at the patient s bedside. In addition The Valley Hospital looks to expand this success by implementing electronic medication administration and transfusion systems which function with the same technology as the specimen collection system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA551303

Entities

People

  • Michael L. Mutter

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Baby Boomers
  • Blood Banks
  • Blood Groups
  • Blood Transfusions
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Generation X
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Systems
  • Medical Personnel
  • New Jersey
  • Patient Care
  • Personal Computers
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics