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"This was one of the most beneficial conferences I have attended in my career. I only wish I had known about it for 2006...so many lessons learned the hard way would have been eased from all the sharing I did last week. Oh well, there is always next year to learn and share some more."

M.H.
Madison, IN

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Barcode point-of-care (BPOC) systems have been in use for 20 years yet fewer than 25% of hospitals are using this critical safety measure for medication administration. Hospitals cite numerous legitimate reasons for the lack of adoption including budget constraints, competing IT priorities, and the lack of unit dose barcoded drug packages. Yet too often hospitals cite unfounded reasons: technology unreadiness, a fear that BPOC will be replaced with RFID soon, nurse resistance, and a belief that the solutions are too costly and labor intensive.

The TerraPharma Project formed to bring clarity to the real and imagined obstacles of BPOC. But we do not ask you to take our word for it. The unSUMMIT and the PointofCareForum online community are merely vehicles for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing.

Register to hear your colleagues relay their successes and pitfalls.
Become a faculty presenter to share your insight with others.
Log on to the forum to seek advice.
Join the discussion. Advance the cause.