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MARCH 31, 2021

Planning and Execution Key to Successful Barcode Implementation

By David Wild

Thoughtful planning, staff engagement and carefully crafted messaging played essential roles in a successful rollout of medication dispensing barcode scanning at the University of Michigan’s Mott Children and Women’s Hospital. According to one of the project’s leads, this multifaceted approach resulted in a high level of barcoding use in the pharmacy and nearly eliminated the occurrence of dispensing errors.