Cost-benefit analysis of a hospital pharmacy bar code solution.

Saverio M Maviglia; Jane Y Yoo; Calvin Franz; Erica Featherstone; William W Churchill; David W Bates; Tejal K Gandhi; Eric G Poon

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Cost-benefit analysis of a hospital pharmacy bar code solution.

May 16, 2007

Maviglia SM, Yoo JY, Franz C, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(8):788-94.

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The researchers analyzed the financial benefit of one hospital's bar code–assistedmedication-dispensing system and found a positive return on the investment over a 5-year period.

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