Healthcare Industry Solutions

Dramatic changes in the healthcare landscape — including consolidation, increased competition, governmental and legal strictures — have forced the healthcare industry to focus not only improved patient care, but also on cost control. In pursuit of both goals, hospitals are using new bar coding and wireless technologies and related standards — first adopted by VA hospitals — to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, all the while improving the accuracy and consistency of patient care.

Key devices used for common healthcare applications include bar code printers, wireless networks and terminals, and portable scanners. Emerging industry standards include:

• IDN - Integrated Delivery Network
• IEEE 1073 MIB - Medical Information Bus
• IEEE 802.11 - Wireless Network Standard

Standardized data collection at point-of-care brings unparalleled efficiencies to admitting, emergency room, radiology, laboratory/pathology, pharmacy, materials management, operating room, and biomedical operations. Working right at the patient’s bedside, nursing and medical staff can capture data with hand-held devices, scanning bar-coded patient wrist bands, for example, and entering data into portable terminals. Mobile devices provide real-time information and increased throughput while reducing mistakes that put patients at risk and subject healthcare providers to legal exposure.

As an experienced provider of healthcare-related bar code printing, data collection, and wireless solutions, Lowry can increase efficiencies and improve patient care throughout your healthcare organization. Our team can work with you to develop and implement total integrated solutions that make the best of emerging technologies and standards.

Lowry offers you a one-stop source for healthcare-related bar coding and wireless solutions, backed by in-house label manufacturing and one of the most extensive service offerings in the industry. Lowry combines its superior technical capabilities with more than 25 years of experience as a systems integrator.

No one else can match Lowry’s breadth and depth of bar coding and wireless products, nor its coast-to-coast distribution network and complete standard and custom labels offerings. Plus, Lowry’s Total Lowry Care (TLC) program provides you with a single source for all the labels, ribbons, supplies, service, and support needed to elevate patient care standards while controlling costs throughout your healthcare organization.

Find out which Lowry solution is right for your business by calling 1-800-556-7200.