The initial challenge was to build an application that supports specialized workflow and minimizes errors that could potentially lead to mistakes in medication administration. The Dolphin 7900s give Children?s the ability to access, document and transmit critical patient information in real time.
?Accuracy and safety are two things we are not willing to compromise when it comes to our patients, who are our number one priority,? says Debbie Schumann, RN, BSN, MBA, group manager, Children?s. ?Scanning the barcodes helps ensure we are safely giving patients the right medications following the 5 Rights.? Clinicians at Children?s use more than 250 mobile computers to scan bar codes on their employee ID badges and patients? medication packets, and wristbands. Clinicians are alerted if they scan the wrong patient?s wristband or wrong dose of medication minimizing potential medication errors. This system ensures the ?5 Rights? in patient safety are met: The right patient receives the right medication at the right time in the right dose via the right route. ?Nowhere else are data accuracy and ease of data acquisition more crucial than in the healthcare environment. Our goal is to provide medical staff with a solution that makes bar code scanning and data communication fast and easy, enabling them to provide the highest level of care and safety possible,? said Kevin Jost, CEO of Hand Held Products.



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