Point-of-Care Bedside Bar Code

Verification System

Vanessa LuckmanAlex Stramel

Jason WhaylenTalbot HansumNicholas Ryan

Problem Medicine

administration errors 1.5 million Americans

injured More than 7,000 killed $1.5 billion annual

cost FDA proposed bar

code system

Cost Savings ADE (Adverse Drug Event) - 5 in 100

admissions*

28% of ADEs are preventable*

10,000 admissions 140 preventable/yr Average $5000 per prevention*

$5000x140=$700,000/yr total 38% from drug administration errors*

$266,000/yr

*National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP)

Market TrendsMarket Analysis              

Potential Customers Growth 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 CAGR

Small Hospitals 3% 49 50 52 54 56 3.39%

Medium Hospitals 5% 86 90 95 100 105 5.12%

Large Hospitals 3% 27 28 29 30 31 3.51%

Large(+) Hospitals 3% 7 7 7 7 7 0.00%

Other Markets 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0.00%

Total 4.17% 169 175 183 191 199 4.17%

Small Hospitals: 1 – 49 BedsMedium Hospitals: 50 – 250 BedsLarge Hospitals: 251 – 499 BedsLarge (+) Hospitals: 500 + Beds

Product Description Three step scanning process

Drug barcode Patient barcode Nurse barcode

Visual Alert when mismatch occurs

System Saves Date/Time Size and # of Units Nurse’s Name Dose # of Total

Generates labels with barcodes

Easily viewable information and adaptable user interface

PDA Factors and Requirements Requirements

Alphanumeric Keypad Barcode Scanning

Capabilities Windows OS WLAN Capabilities Multicolor Display Speakers

Factors Size of Display Weight and Size Processor Speed

and Memory Environmental Sealing Durability/Drop Specs Battery Life Cost

Final Choice: Symbol MC50 Gathered information on all

barcode scanning PDAs on the market

Threw out models that did not meet requirements and minimum satisfaction in factor fields

This left only three, and our project sponsor and company made the final decision

Barcode Label Printer Factors Size, Weight, General Appearance Print Speed/IPS (inches per second) Print Resolution/DPI (dots per inch) Print Width (maximum size of labels) Color versus Black/White Thermal Transfer versus Direct Thermal Cost

Final Choice: Intermec EasyCoder PC4 Wanted to keep hardware

components consistent – unfortunately Symbol does not make barcode label printers

Intermec was best choice because offered best combination of the factors and free label making software (a big expense otherwise)

Integration of Hardware

Final Outputs

Confirmation/Rejection of administration Patient/Nurse/Drug barcode labels Auto-populated patient and drug records Future Considerations

Billing Information Pharmacy Records

Current Status Completed

GUI Structures for PC and PDA

Steps for deployment to PC and PDA solved

Barcode scanner functionality solved for PDA

Accessing information from Access database on PC

Remaining Accessing database from

PDA Connecting to SQL Server Possible requirement to

purchase SQL Server 2005 Manipulating data from

database on PC version Programming process flow

Concerns and Prospects Required to buy SQL

Server 2005 Possible use of trial

version for prototype With successful

connection to database, expected completion of prototype is 19 February

Our demo is fast approaching. WHO?

5 + Project Advisor + PharmaSys CEO WHAT?

HIMSS Conference (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)

WHERE? New Orleans, LA

WHEN? February 25-28

WHY? Demo our system Find a potential

hospital Check out other

similar systems Sit-in on

demonstrations of recent technologies