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Barcode Point-of-Care

Eliminate potential errors before they become adverse drug events.

Reducing medication errors is key to improving patient safety. AmerisourceBergen makes that job a lot easier with a comprehensive bedside barcode safety solution.

AmerisourceBergen’s Bridge MedPoint™ point-of-care patient safety system eliminates medication administration errors that may cause harmful adverse drug events. Using bar-code scanning technology, MedPoint provides clinicians with up-to-the-minute information on medication orders, patient allergies and clinical observations. It guides caregivers through the medication administration process, verifying the Five Rights, providing clinical decision support, alerting the caregiver to potential errors, and automatically charting administration details to an Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR).

In addition, the system provides further value by enabling accurate charge capture to the patient’s account upon medication administration rather than upon dispensing. Also, MedPoint’s point-of-care safety net may be extended to ensure safe blood transfusion and accurate laboratory specimen identification.

• Faster more accurate documentation and online order confirmation facilitates nursing workflow.

• • Barcode scanning provides a safety check for caregivers where before there was none.

• Reduced adverse drug events mean lower costs, improved patient satisfaction and higher nursing job satisfaction.

To learn more about the Bridge MedPoint technology go to www.bridgemedical.com.