WARRENDALE, Pa., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- AIM, the Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility, today announced “The Prescription for Patient Care & Healthcare Profits: The FDA Bar Code Rule and RFID Technology,” a conference program that will help medical and pharmaceutical professionals understand exactly how to use barcodes to comply with FDA’s recent mandate to label human drugs and biological products.
“To differentiate from other conferences for this market, AIM’s Healthcare Conference will not dwell on ‘why’ but rather, ‘how’ barcode systems and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) can be implemented in medical and pharmaceutical environments,” stated Dan Mullen, President of AIM.
The FDA estimates that the bar-code rule, when fully implemented, will help prevent nearly 500,000 adverse events and transfusion errors over 20 years. The economic benefit of reducing health care costs, reducing patient pain and suffering, and reducing lost work time due to adverse events is estimated to be $93 billion over the same period. “Given these estimates and as the organization representing experts in the bar code and RFID field AIM is committed to providing leadership and education in this arena,” continued Mullen.
Date: 11 May 2004 Location: Doubletree Hotel, Philadelphia, PA More Information at: http://www.aimglobal.org/
This practical conference will be presented in an easy-to-understand problem/solution format that will use “non-techie” language to clarify:
* Exactly what the final FDA barcode-labeling mandate requires. * The steps various industry segments must take in order to comply with FDA’s mandate. * How labeling compliance, bar codes and RFID can boost healthcare productivity and profits. * Savvy, fail-safe methods for getting first-time projects off the ground and avoiding costly mishaps.
The conference will include presentations by leading trade organizations such as the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA), The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, the Uniform Code Council, Inc., as well as the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and a multitude of case studies sharing system design strategies and implementation insights.
For a detailed schedule of the event, and to register, please visit http://www.aimglobal.org/calendar/meetings/04May/focusevent.htm or call the AIM office at +1-724-934-4470.
This conference is a key part of the AIM Outreach Initiative, a complete suite of conferences, exhibitions, and electronic materials that will be delivered throughout 2004. The programs will focus global awareness on the benefits of automatic identification and mobile computing technologies by highlighting applications in transportation logistics, security, healthcare and patient safety, and overall supply chain management.
The AIM global network of manufacturers continues to grow. Value added resellers, suppliers, and system integrators actively support 16 AIM Chapters around the world. For information on these events visit the AIM web sites, http://www.aimglobal.org/ or http://www.rfid.org/ .
About AIM
AIM is the global trade association and recognized worldwide authority on automatic identification, data collection and networking in a mobile environment. AIM members are providers and users of technologies, systems and services that capture, manage and integrate accurate data into larger information management systems. As a not-for-profit industry organization, AIM’s mission is to stimulate the understanding, adoption and use of technology by providing timely, unbiased and commercial-free news and information.
For more information, contact the AIM office at AIM, 125 Warrendale-Bayne Rd., Ste. 100, Warrendale, PA 15086, telephone +1-724-934-4470 or fax +1-724-934-4495. For direct online access to data collection and mobility information or additional support, access the AIM Web sites at http://www.aimglobal.org/ or http://www.rfid.org/ .
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CONTACT: Mary Beth Hodil of AIM, +1-724-934-4470, or mb@aimglobal.org
