IntelliDOT Bedside Medication Administration(TM) Goes Live at 55t...( -Hiawatha Community Hospital Implemen...),Health

-Hiawatha Community Hospital Implements IntelliDOT Barcode Point-of-Care Patient Safety Solution-

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- IntelliDOT Corporation, a leading provider of wireless, handheld barcode point-of-care (BPOC) solutions to hospitals, today announced that IntelliDOT Bedside Medication Administration(TM) (IntelliDOT BMA(TM)) is now being used by 55 U.S. hospitals. Hiawatha Community Hospital became the 55th customer to go live with the IntelliDOT System on January 20, 2009.

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"This milestone is testimony to the healthcare industry's confidence in IntelliDOT's BPOC solution as a proven patient safety initiative," said Thomas G. Klopack, president and CEO of IntelliDOT. "From our very first customer to our 55th, our customers are proof that medication errors can be eliminated at the bedside, and patient lives are being saved, with the IntelliDOT System."

Stillwater Medical Center, Stillwater, OK, was the first hospital to implement IntelliDOT BMA in 2004. At that time, IntelliDOT and Stillwater's nurses, pharmacists and management worked closely together to fine tune and enhance the system. For example, one of Stillwater's nurses suggested scanning a DOT to notify the pharmacy to replace a missing medication. IntelliDOT quickly incorporated that idea, which helped make the product even more efficient for nurses.

According to Bill Arrington, Director of Pharmacy at Stillwater Medical Center, the hospi
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