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
Sep 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA587562

Entities

People

  • Michael L. Mutter

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bar Codes
  • Best Practices
  • Biomedical Research
  • Biometric Security
  • Blood Transfusions
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Errors
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Medical Personnel
  • New Jersey
  • Standards
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.
  • Oncology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics