QR Codes - Why are they necessary?
Quick response (QR) codes provide a number of efficiency and productivity enhancements for the healthcare industry.
Easy to make, update and maintain with minimal effort, QR codes link the physical world to the digital world and form an important series of bridges. The days of searching for information like product manuals regarding the use, repair and maintenance of medical devices are over, replaced by easily scannable codes that can store up to 7,000 alphanumeric characters.
This eBook explores how QR codes provide a number of efficiency and productivity enhancements for the healthcare industry.

Transforming the often paper-dependent healthcare environment into a digital first landscape
By linking important information directly to medical equipment and other objects, health teams have instant access to pertinent data. The versatility of these scannable matrix barcodes offers today’s digitally native patients and healthcare staff volumes of information that were traditionally paper-dependent. Here's how QR codes fit in the healthcare industry:
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QR codes provide efficiency and productivity enhancements for healthcare by linking physical objects to digital information. They can store large amounts of data and provide instant access.
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QR codes can transform healthcare by reducing reliance on paper and enabling digital access to important information like manuals, instructions, and patient records.
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QR code technology is widely adopted with over 5 billion estimated users globally. This makes QR codes a universally understood way to share information.
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QR codes are necessary in healthcare to improve outcomes through better technology, like facilitating pre-screening, parking instructions, patient record systems, and communication.
Thanks to the versatility of QR code technology, healthcare information is available with a single scan to both patients and staff. Download this eBook and learn how you can facilitate the growth of groundbreaking initiatives like remote patient monitoring while providing enhanced security to protect medical record information.

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