A disposable patient identification card made of a paper

Jpn Hosp. 1990 Jul:9:55-9.

Abstract

This paper describes a patient identification system with a disposable paper card. In general, total costs of cards themselves, equipments and personnel are remarkable, not negligible for the hospital management. Therefore, a disposable identification cards made of a paper were issued to out-patients in our hospital. Many order forms were integrated into only one sheet. Patient identification data were printed on this sheet by a computer system when a patient came to the reception desk, and quickly transmitted to physicians. We could save the hospital costs and printing works by physicians, and also shorten the waiting time of patients at reception desks.

MeSH terms

  • Ambulatory Care Information Systems
  • Disposable Equipment
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Japan
  • Medical Records Systems, Computerized*
  • Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / organization & administration*
  • Paper*
  • Patient Identification Systems*