Comments on: Dennis Quaid on 60 Minutes http://www.leanblog.org/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/ Mark Graban's leanblog.org - Lean Healthcare, Lean Thinking, Lean Manufacturing, Toyota Production System Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:59:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Blame the Stanford Kicker! Blame the Kicker? — Lean Blog http://www.leanblog.org/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-28430 Blame the Stanford Kicker! Blame the Kicker? — Lean Blog Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:29:23 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-28430 [...] to the nurse who administers the adult dose of the drug heparin to a baby in the Neonatal ICU (as happened in the case of actor Dennis Quaid’s twins). The kicker is at the “sharp end” of the system, as they would say in the patient [...] [...] to the nurse who administers the adult dose of the drug heparin to a baby in the Neonatal ICU (as happened in the case of actor Dennis Quaid’s twins). The kicker is at the “sharp end” of the system, as they would say in the patient [...]

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.leanblog.org/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-3337 Anonymous Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:54:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-3337 It seems like the hospital could mimic the new bottle color scheme on their old stock but putting a colored sticker on the lid. It seems like the hospital could mimic the new bottle color scheme on their old stock but putting a colored sticker on the lid.

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]]> By: J Thatcher http://www.leanblog.org/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-3332 J Thatcher Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:20:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-3332 I'm approaching this from a tech perspective - the implementation of barcoding, except on the most basic of levels, would likely be immense (integration with existing systems, development of new systems, etc.). I'd think cost wise the place to scan would be the pharmacy in the hospital (stationary, single point).<br/><br/>Basically, I'm imagining, a scan on departure that tied the medicine and dose into the patient's file.<br/>Outside of initial time/effort/cost of implementation I see two potential issues -<br/><br/>1. Doesn't eliminate the medicine being mixed up after it has left the pharmacy (and having a barcode scanner for every nurse or patient to be used at application would be absurd).<br/><br/>2. Bacodes aren't 100% - as we all know from purchasing groceries. <br/><br/>Still, seems like a good idea that deserves more investigation/testing than it's presently getting.<br/><br/>I'm sure someone out there could start a nice little start-up on that idea. I’m approaching this from a tech perspective – the implementation of barcoding, except on the most basic of levels, would likely be immense (integration with existing systems, development of new systems, etc.). I’d think cost wise the place to scan would be the pharmacy in the hospital (stationary, single point).

Basically, I’m imagining, a scan on departure that tied the medicine and dose into the patient’s file.
Outside of initial time/effort/cost of implementation I see two potential issues -

1. Doesn’t eliminate the medicine being mixed up after it has left the pharmacy (and having a barcode scanner for every nurse or patient to be used at application would be absurd).

2. Bacodes aren’t 100% – as we all know from purchasing groceries.

Still, seems like a good idea that deserves more investigation/testing than it’s presently getting.

I’m sure someone out there could start a nice little start-up on that idea.

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]]> By: Mark Graban http://www.leanblog.org/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-3330 Mark Graban Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:34:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-3330 Barcoding *can* be an effective strategy, but there are also (unfortunately) clever workarounds that people can employ to save time. Not sure why bottles like this aren't barcoded. Barcoding *can* be an effective strategy, but there are also (unfortunately) clever workarounds that people can employ to save time. Not sure why bottles like this aren’t barcoded.

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]]> By: Michael http://www.leanblog.org/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-3329 Michael Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:04:00 +0000 http://leanblog.bigbigdesign.net/2008/03/dennis-quaid-on-60-minutes/#comment-3329 Why arn't barcodes used? It would be very easy to interlock to the patients medical records and flag possible errors (based on age, sex, other medications, etc). Why arn’t barcodes used? It would be very easy to interlock to the patients medical records and flag possible errors (based on age, sex, other medications, etc).

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