System, method, and computer program product for health care patient and service management

摘要

A system and method for traceability and accountability in a healthcare environment. Individual patient identifiers, preferably in the form of barcodes, are used to identify substantially every pharmaceutical, test sample, and individual involved with the patient's treatment. As the patient is treated, the identifying barcode of substantially every treating individual, drug, or other object or process are scanned an associated with the patient's identifier, and patient-specific barcodes are also printed on demand to immediately label any test sample, report, or other object associated with the patient.