The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has recinded the bar-coding system proposal in hospitals as a mechanism to ensure correct medications are given to patients. The AHA advised that the proposal limited the technological solution to only one mechanism, and that isn't a great idea. Because with new innovations, it may turn out that bar-coding isn't the silver bullet, something else may be.
The National Patient Safety Goals for 2005 and 2004 may be found here.
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