When it comes to choosing the right barcode medication administration system, industry experts advise prospective customers to take a close look at what electronic medical record they select.

The concept of the barcode — an alphabet made up of thick and thin bars — came into being in the 1950s. Today, it’s hard to imagine a world without it.

ProGlove released Warehouse 360, a software-based tool that brings an automated view into what is happening at a granular level.

Can I Build a Bar Coding System Using QuickBooks?. With QuickBooks Pro or Premier, you can use a bar code scanner to scan or enter a bar code manually when filling out the Item Name/Number field ...

How you obtain a scanner depends on the type of scanner you're planning to get. Application-based scanners can simply be purchased and downloaded from Google Play and the Android Marketplace.

Why can't you rely on the audible "beep" from a bedside barcode scanning system to verify medication?

For many of us, pointing a device at an object and retrieving data about it has become part of our daily lives. The vast majority of our purchases will sport the ubiquitous barcode; an increasing ...

Planning and implementing a bar code scanning system at the bedside was a major undertaking for BMC because the patient safety-focused process is designed to significantly reduce medication ...

In addition to adding the bar code and scanning process, BMC was able to reevaluate the package system it was using for its medications. Prior to the new process, BMC was purchasing some bulk drugs.