“We were aware that the Wythenshawe Hospital had several systems storing all different sorts of notes. We wanted to centralize this data into one main record, which could then be brought up from any location inside the hospital. We configured the Gryphon readers to pick up all keyboard data and …

“The hospital now uses Datalogic bar code readers connected to the doctors’ and nurses’ PCs to scan codes on patient records. When this is done, the patient’s record is automatically updated. This completely eliminates the need for manual data entry, therefore reducing the possibility for life-threatening record errors.”