Bar Code Technology in Health Care Tool for Enhancing Quality Productivity and Cost Management

This book gives the medical community its best opportunity to learn about bar code in a context focused on hospital applications. Bar coding can make the process of inputting information to a computerized system more accurate, timely, accessible, useful & cost effective. The book offers examples & case studies about bar code applications in health care throughout the chapters & the chapters are ordered to provide a progression for the reader in understanding bar coding & the decision-making factors that health care executives must evaluate. The topics discussed include: fundamental concepts of the technology & its primary functions in health care; a brief historical overview of the technology's development & current health care trends that may be improved by bar code technology; choosing bar code standards & symbologies as well as equipment for an application; electronic data interchange & other automatic data capture technologies used with bar coding; the effectiveness of bar code technology through computer-based patient records; creating quality & justifying investments in bar coding; & undertaking the implementation of bar code applications. $US29.95 plus shipping & tax where applicable. Call or write Advanstar Communications, Marketing Services; 7500 Old Oak Boulevard; Cleveland, OH 44130. 216-826-2839 or 800-598-6008.Longe, Karen M. is the author of 'Bar Code Technology in Health Care Tool for Enhancing Quality Productivity and Cost Management' with ISBN 9780929870205 and ISBN 0929870204.