1. Point-of-Care Bedside Bar Code Verification System
Vanessa Luckman
Jason Whaylen
Talbot Hansum
Alex Stramel
Nicholas Ryan

2. Problem Medicine administration errors
1.5 million people affected, thousands killed
$1.5 billion annual cost
FDA proposed bar code system

3. Major Objectives Reflect hospital needs
Integrate hardware and software for design
Easily adaptable for hospitals and end-users
HIPAA compliant

4. Solution Description Bar Coding Handheld Scanners Processing Software
Printing Capabilities for:
Nurse IDs
Patient Wristbands
Unit Doses
Handheld Scanners
Wireless Database Access
Processing Software
Compare/Output Info

5. Factors / Metrics Three step scanning process
Visual Alert when there is an medication/patient mismatch
System Saves
Date/Time
Size and # of Units
Nurse’s Name
Dose # of Total
Allows Nurse’s comments
Generates labels with barcodes
Handheld unit is shock/fluid resistant
Easily viewable information

6. Goals for the Final Product
Interface with:
Accounting/Billing system
Hospital Inventory system
Personnel system
Pharmacy/Prescription Information
Verify administration time window
Provide automatic charting
Relevant data backups w/ PharmaSys
Allow for customizable configurations

7. Determining Hardware List of possible features Ranking of features
Symbol MC50

8. Software Development Programming platform GUI Windows systems C++
Trolltech GUI

9. Project Sponsor Patrick Harris visiting January 24 – 26
Aiming to get basic prototype for program completed
Includes GUI and subfunctions
Also shooting for acquisition of all hardware components and initial integration of components

10. Software Progress
With the help of Qt, most of the visual aspects of the GUI are completed.
Subfunctions, like search, lookup, and compare in the databases, are close to completion.

11. Hardware Progress PDA Scanner Acquired (Symbol MC50)
Host computer, WLAN router, and barcode printer on the way.
These components will be setup and integrated as soon as they arrive.

12. Inputs are numerous but simple

13. It’s all about the prototype
Print and scan barcodes
Demonstrate communication with Access database
Cross-check records
Green means go, red means stop

14. No obstacle has been too daunting
Programming tools
Hardware
Hospital rules and regulations
Trial and error