Medical Awards for Helping Vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has won top national honors in the independent Institute for Safe Medication Practices for its excellence in the prevention of medication errors.
Called the "Cheers Award" to honor individuals, organizations, enterprises and government agencies that set the high level of retention in patients with safe and more effective medications.
What began as a stroke of genius is part of the VA nurses are watching the rental car employee to scan a bar code has become a widely used tool for reducing medication errors in public and private hospitals. This year marks the VA's milestone 10 years scanning the barcode patient wristbands and drug packages to ensure a safe and effective treatment.
VA's bar-code program has received similar recognition Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists, and the Federal Technology Leadership Award