A study in the May 6 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine finds bar code technology used with an electronic medication administration record system significantly reduces transcription and medication administration errors. Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston conducted the study, funded through a grant from the AHRQ. Researchers compared 6,723 medication administrations before bar-coded eMAR was introduced with 7,318 administrations using the technology. The result was a 41 percent drop in non-timing medication administrations, according to the study. Timing errors fell by 27 percent. The study is at http://content.nejm.org.
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