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Healthcare
It should be no surprise that the healthcare market is exploding with print opportunities. Whether the client is a hospital, clinic, doctor's office, lab, nursing home or other type of care provider facility, printed documents are a key element in each of them. Many factors affect the forms used in these environments. Patient privacy has driven the use of multiple barcodes to provide privacy while ensuring accurate tracking of medication and services. Multiple integrated labels using human readable numbering as well as 1D or 2D barcodes are combined with multiple part forms to form a chain of custody.
Likewise, laboratories running specific tests must have a means to accurately assign results to the correct patient. Some documents may require security features to deter counterfeiting, such as prescription forms issued by a physician. Documents as these, when forged, can increase drug theft or potentially allow for non-prescribed medication to be secured. Having multiple layers of security not only aids in deterring a counterfeit attack, they can aid in the authentication process.
