Implementation of a workflow system with electronic verification for preparation of oral syringes.

Purpose: The implementation of a commercially available, Web-based, barcode-enabled workflow management system for filling and checking patient-specific oral syringes at the Cleveland Clinic is described.

Summary: Historically, the process for preparing oral syringes has been a manual, repetitive procedure at Cleveland Clinic. Within this process, paper logs are the sole source of information.

Developing an electronic system to manage and track emergency medications.

Purpose: The development of a Web-based program to track and manage emergency medications with radio frequency identification (RFID) is described.

Summary: At the Cleveland Clinic, medication kit restocking records and dispense locations were historically documented using a paper record-keeping system. The Cleveland Clinic investigated options to replace the paper-based tracking logs with a Web-based program that could track the real-time location and inventory of emergency medication kits.