Cerner Bridge vs SIMPL Bedside

Cerner Bridge Medical Transfusion Administration, Specimen Collection, and Breast Milk Management is a web-based solution to support patient safety through positive patient identification (PPID) at the bedside. The solution helps health care organizations improve productivity and workflow through bar-code technology. The solution is designed for use with a dedicated scanner sled. • Transfusion Administration enables a caregiver to positively identify the patient and verify the administration of blood products using bar-code technology by scanning the blood bank recipient document and comparing this to the donor bank label on the blood product. • Specimen Collections enables a caregiver to positively identify the patient and verify specimen collections at the point of collection using bar-code technology. The solution provides using real-time collection lists and a standardized specimen collection process. • Breast Milk Management enables a caregiver to positively identify the patient and verify the management of breast milk by scanning the bottle labels to ensure the correct milk is going to the correct patient. IMPORTANT: Cerner Bridge Medical solutions requires your organization to have a valid license and be on release 2015.01.01 or higher. If you are unsure about the availability of Cerner Bridge Medical solutions at your organization, please contact your IT department or your Cerner representative. For more information, please contact 1-800-927-1024.

SIMPL Bedside, from the Procedural Learning and Safety Collaborative, is used to support assessment of trainee bedside procedure performance in graduate medical education settings. SIMPL Bedside lets users create evaluations of trainee performance within seconds, and after they are deemed able to perform procedures independently, SIMPL Bedside quickly displays trainee certification status. The Procedural Learning and Safety Collaborative is a 501c3 non-profit research collaborative dedicated to quality improvement in medical education. Icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com.