Bar-Code Readiness Resource Center
More and more hospitals are evaluating the value of bar-code systems. While hospital size and staff workflow contribute to the implementation decision, some of the most universal reasons for bar-code scanning solutions are efforts to improve patient safety and satisfaction, as well as to reduce labor costs for packaging and repackaging medications.
McKesson has provided a number of resources to help you evaluate bar-code medication scanning solutions
for your medication dispensing process. Find these below, or you can search by category.
December 2011
Indiana Hospital leverages manufacturer bar-coded unit-dose medication throughout the distribution process
to provide greater control over inventory, improved workflow and reduced time spend on packaging.
December 2011
Michele Russic, Director of Pharmacy at Somerset Hospital, shares her experiences with PROmanager-Rx and how it fits into the hospital's strategic information technology plan in the October issue of Pharmacy Purchasing & Products.
November 2011
PakPlus™ Bar-Code Consulting Service helps to ensure scanning accuracy
April 2011
Learn more about the industry-wide financial, safety and efficiency initiatives driving the change to bar-code readiness, and why now is a critical time to consider becoming bar-code ready.
April 2011
With more and more medications becoming available in unit dose form, opportunities are opening for hospital pharmacies to save on labor costs and improve patient safety.
You can save by optimizing use of bar-coded, unit dose medications. Use AutoBUD, our bulk-to-unit dose calculator, to find out how much.
Learn more
American Journal of Health System Pharmacy
July 1, 2010
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
July 2010
April 2010
Hospital pharmacies are using more manufacturer-packaged unit-dose oral solid medications compared to repackaging medications by themselves, according to this independent study.
American Journal of Health System Pharmacy
April 1, 2010
American Journal of Health System Pharmacy
May 15, 2009
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
December 2008
A “Stacked” Medication Supply Chain Rollout Leads to Rapid Safety, Efficiency,
and Cost Benefits
June 2008
The Permanente Journal, Summer 2008
Patient Safety Thrives in Rural Tennessee Hospital following
Pharmacy Automation Conversion
May 2008
American Journal of Health System Pharmacy
May 1, 2008
Integrated Pharmacy Automation Systems Lead to Increases in Patient Safety and
Significant Reductions in Medication Inventory Costs
February 2008
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
August 2007
Nursing, Pharmacy Benefit from ROBOT-Rx Medication Dispensing Solution
August 2007
Implementing a "Bedside-Back" Strategy as the Foundation for Patient Safety
June 2007
Archive of Internal Medicine, April 2007
Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
February 2006