Point-of-Care Bedside Bar Code Verification System Vanessa Luckman Alex Stramel Jason Whaylen Talbot Hansum Nicholas 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 Trends Market Analysis Potential CustomersGrowth CAGR Small Hospitals3% % Medium Hospitals5% % Large Hospitals3% % Large(+) Hospitals3% % Other Markets0% % Total4.17% % Small Hospitals: 1 – 49 Beds Medium Hospitals: 50 – 250 Beds Large Hospitals: 251 – 499 Beds Large (+) Hospitals: 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