| Barcodes to Be Used to Update Patient Records |
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| Written by The Buzz | |||
| Sunday, 23 October 2011 23:07 | |||
Soon there may be a way to update electronic healthcare records automatically using a barcode, reports Information Week. A new barcode application under development will enable physicians to scan barcode labels on vaccines and have the information automatically updated in the patient’s record. The companies working on the project include Microsoft, Children’s Health Care System, AthenaHealth and two vaccine makers. Click here to read the full article. | |||
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About the Author: Jeff Merron is a full-time freelance editor, journalist, and copywriter who has written for the New York Times Magazine, ESPN.com, Slate, Byte Magazine, Macworld, Consumers Digest, and many other national publications. He's also a regular contributor to IT Business Insider and 108, a baseball magazine. He has a Ph.D. in Mass Communication Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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