With the rapid pace of change, managing
information and processes is a challenge for
any organization. It's also an  opportunity –
for improved productivity, customer satisfac-
tion and competitive advantage. Standard
Register helps firms improve their results by
leveraging the power of information.


INFORMATION SOLUTIONS
SUPPORT QUALITY OF CARE
      Doctors, nurses and other medical personnel entered their fields for one main reason - to help people. Unfortunately, system problems, extended shifts and burdensome paperwork are having theopposite effect in hospitals - medical errors.		 care. And it can start from the moment a patient is admitted to the facility. Inaccurate documenta-tion at any step during a patient's hospital stay can trigger a dangerous chain of events.
Standard Register provides solutions that help hospitals and other acute care facilities better
And some of them are deadly. In fact, a 1999 study by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine found that between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year not from the medical conditions they check into hospitals with, but from preventable medical errors.
     Excessive paperwork and procedures that vary among departments or facilities can prevent healthcare professionals from delivering quality
J U S T   T H I N K . . .
Medical errors are the...
8 th
...leading cause of death for patient identification. Integrity of Americans, more than motor-vehicle accidents, breast data and ease of use are evident in our cancer or AIDS.
(Institute of Medicine. 1999)
 
manage their paperwork and processes ñî improve productivity and accuracy.
     We've incorporated bar-code tech-nology on forms, labels and hospital wristbands to allow for positive
patented form/label combinations that allow patient wristbands and specimen labels to be printed on one form. And our software solutions simplify the processes behind documenting every aspect of a patient's hospital
                           Standard Register labels,
                     forms, wristbands and
                software incorporating bar-codetechnology help hospitals positively match patients with lab specimens ,
billable procedures and prescriptions.


J U S T   T H I N K . . .
For every hour of patient care, doctors spend an additional...
30 to 60
...minutes on paperwork.
(American Hospital Association, 2001)



stay, from name, vital statistics and billing information to diagno-sis, prescriptions and
procedures completed. Our network solution allows that information to be routed electronically throughout a hospital system to ensure the integri-ty of patient data is maintained while eliminating the need to re-enter data multiple times.
      Information solutions such as these enhance productivity and accuracy. For example, a five-year study at two Veterans Affairs hospitals in Kansas found the hospitals reduced their medication error rare by 70 percent by using bar coding to match patients, medications and the professionals admin-istering drugs.
     Where quality of care matters most, just think of the implications of information.
Keeping Track
     Warehouses and distribution centers deal with thousands of products and shipments every day. This high volume results in potential for errors, which cost time and money.
     Standard Register distribution labeling solutions allow companies to combine printers, scanners, software and label applicators with their existing information management systems. These components help eliminate bottlenecks in warehouses while reducing errors and delivering consistent product appearance. Bar-code technology ties it all together by providing automatic product identification that allows inventory to be tracked as it moves throughout the facility.
     When it comes to moving packages, it pays to have a system that delivers.

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