Massachusetts General Hospital Uses Smart Bar Code Printers To Ensure Patient Safety

By Intermec, Inc.

According to the FDA, hospitals could eliminate 50 percent of their medication administration errors by scanning bar codes at the point of care to positively identify patients, the medication they are about to receive, and match the information to a physician order. This case study highlights how Massachusetts General Hospital implemented a smart bar code printing and tracking solution to successfully reduce its own medication administration errors.