Previously, we took a broad look at the mobile healthcare trend , followed by telemedicine’s role in mobile healthcare. The use of the Apple® iPad® mobile device in healthcare is...Read More

Both patients and doctors are taking advantage of mobile healthcare, a major trend for 2011 and a market that health IT analysts at Chilmark Research predict could be worth $1.7 billion by the end...Read More

Earlier this year, we posted an article about “ Babies and Bar Codes ” and how bar coded wristbands protect newborns and prevent mix-ups in medication and milk-collection. Now we want to...Read More

Prevent Switching, Mislabeling, or Incorrect Display of Specimens When it comes to sample collection errors in healthcare, the numbers are shocking. Consider this. An estimated 160,900...Read More

unSummit 2011 Visit Zebra at booth# 301, April 27-29, Louisville, KY Billed as the “unconventional convention” it promises to get you out of the clouds and into the weeds,...Read More

What happens when a lab specimen label contains incorrect information? According to a study by the College of American Pathologists, over 160,000 adverse events in U.S. hospitals occur annually...Read More

Close to 100,000 Americans die annually in U.S. hospitals because of avoidable medical errors, according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which also reports that medical errors rank as...Read More

If you’re coming to HIMSS make sure to visit Zebra’s booth #5449 and see how to make healthcare smarter—and patients safer. Visit Zebra for demonstrations of thermal,...Read More

When evaluating a patient wristbanding solution, the most critical consideration for IT decision-makers is its impact on patient safety . We’ve also explored business and performance issues...Read More

The trend toward using self-service kiosks in healthcare facilities for such uses as patient check-in and wayfinding is definitely growing. Patients win with added convenience and time savings,...Read More

What we’ve been waiting for—the healthcare digital mobility revolution is finally here. While most other industries are widely adopting mobility technology, the healthcare industry...Read More

Some time ago we posted an article about 3-D thinking and how to develop a Vision of Positive Patient IDs in hospitals. This time we want to take a closer look at what happens after the vision is...Read More

When evaluating a patient wristbanding solution, the most critical consideration for IT decision-makers is its impact on patient safety . We’ve also explored business and performance issues...Read More

It’s critical for IT decision-makers to consider the impact of their patient wristbanding solution choice on patient safety . It is also important to consider total cost of ownership,...Read More

A well-known procedure to avoid medical errors is to verify the ”Five Rights” of medication administration: Right Patient. Right Drug. Right Amount. Right Route. Right Time. ...Read More

If you happen to be at the McKesson Insight User Conference this week, or the Cerner Health Conference Oct. 10–13, don’t miss seeing how hospitals are using patented IQ Color direct...Read More

This month there is a fantastic piece in The New England Journal of Medicine on a before and after study on the serious medication errors that occur in hospitals during the transcription or...Read More

MRIs are generally considered safe procedures. Foreign objects in the body however which may interfere or react to the electromagnetic fields associated with MRI systems. A recent report in...Read More

Creating clear, quality bar coded hospital wristbands for positive patient ID systems requires attention to detail and printer configuration that differ from most other types of printing. The curved...Read More

Earlier this year, we posted an article about “ Babies and Bar Codes ” and how bar coded wristbands protect newborns and prevent mix-ups in medication and milk-collection. Now we want to...Read More

unSummit 2011 Visit Zebra at booth# 301, April 27-29, Louisville, KY Billed as the “unconventional convention” it promises to get you out of the clouds and into the weeds,...Read More

Close to 100,000 Americans die annually in U.S. hospitals because of avoidable medical errors, according to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which also reports that medical errors rank as...Read More

If you’re coming to HIMSS make sure to visit Zebra’s booth #5449 and see how to make healthcare smarter—and patients safer. Visit Zebra for demonstrations of thermal,...Read More

When evaluating a patient wristbanding solution, the most critical consideration for IT decision-makers is its impact on patient safety . We’ve also explored business and performance issues...Read More

When choosing a patient wristband solution, IT decision-makers need to consider the differences between thermal and laser printers, and the printers’ effect on efficiency. Consideration...Read More

Implementing the IT portion of health care reform is more than just digitizing and securing patient records. The real benefits come from streamlining workflows and reducing administrative...Read More

A recent survey, conducted by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), shows a concern among hospital executives that ongoing IT staff shortage could put the adoption of...Read More

A well-known procedure to avoid medical errors is to verify the ”Five Rights” of medication administration: Right Patient. Right Drug. Right Amount. Right Route. Right Time. ...Read More

The efforts to develop new technologies in order to eliminate sources for medical errors more often include the approach of so-called “Smart Solutions.” Last week, a Smart Patient Room ...Read More

Over the last weeks, several states published their annual reports on hospital-acquired infections. One important determination the New York’s annual report makes is that hospitals need to...Read More

One of the most feared and detrimental crimes come in the form of Identification Theft.  This fear came to fruition at a Kentucky medical center when a hard-drive containing the data of 5,418...Read More

What happens when a lab specimen label contains incorrect information? According to a study by the College of American Pathologists, over 160,000 adverse events in U.S. hospitals occur annually...Read More

The efforts to develop new technologies in order to eliminate sources for medical errors more often include the approach of so-called “Smart Solutions.” Last week, a Smart Patient Room ...Read More

Enhancing Medical Center Security and Safety Medical centers and hospitals—safe and secure, correct? To be sure, healthcare providers restrict access to medicines, equipment, and...Read More

Imagine if you could access a plethora of online services from banking, to purchases, to accessing health records, with 100 percent confidence in security and anonymity. Does this seem farfetched?...Read More

The main patient safety goal of many hospitals has always been to “improve the accuracy of patient identification,” mostly with bar coding solutions. But before deciding which...Read More

Last year, Zebra was challenged by one of our major healthcare partners to come up with a way to secure drug prescription printing. Aside from the cost of a printer, at issue was securing the media...Read More

Procedural and reporting requirements are growing for law enforcement agencies, even if budgets are not. Electronic citation systems are the safe choice for efficiently meeting new administrative...Read More

An article in InjuryBoard.com today takes a look at how bar coded technology can reduce medication administration errors in hospitals. The piece references a study in the New England Journal of...Read More

A well-known procedure to avoid medical errors is to verify the ”Five Rights” of medication administration: Right Patient. Right Drug. Right Amount. Right Route. Right Time. ...Read More

Tech-savvy consumers expect self-service where they shop. And by implementing self-service, stores stand to increase same-store sales and reduce operating costs. According to RIS News ...Read More

After a very successful test period in select stores, Kohl’s recently announced plans to expand their kiosk to all of their stores later this fall. This news is interesting for a couple of...Read More

Spending the day at the water park usually means dealing with crowds of people, putting your belongings in a locker and your cash in a zip-lock bag that you hope doesn’t get lost in the...Read More

unSummit 2011 Visit Zebra at booth# 301, April 27-29, Louisville, KY Billed as the “unconventional convention” it promises to get you out of the clouds and into the weeds,...Read More

We’ve been examining critical considerations for IT decision-makers when evaluating a patient wristbanding solution. Last time, we looked at Critical IT Consideration #4—Patient Comfort...Read More

Come see what nurses are raving about—our easy-to use HC100 TM Patient I.D. solution, providing one-step wristband printing with crisp bar codes that won’t smudge. Test their durability...Read More

The main patient safety goal of many hospitals has always been to “improve the accuracy of patient identification,” mostly with bar coding solutions. But before deciding which...Read More

If you happen to be at the McKesson Insight User Conference this week, or the Cerner Health Conference Oct. 10–13, don’t miss seeing how hospitals are using patented IQ Color direct...Read More

For over forty years, Zebra has been improving a broad variety of process performances by delivering industry solutions that enable our customers to deploy the right asset in the right in the right...Read More

An article in InjuryBoard.com today takes a look at how bar coded technology can reduce medication administration errors in hospitals. The piece references a study in the New England Journal of...Read More

Bar coded patient identification wristbands enable caregivers to quickly access medical information at the point of care for a variety of patient applications. If your healthcare organization is...Read More

Bar code systems help hospitals deliver accurate information in a variety of patient care and clinical settings, making them an important component in improving patient safety and process...Read More