Smart pumps generally incorporate multiple comprehensive libraries of drugs, usual concentrations, dosing measurement units, and dose limits. In late 2009, Lancaster General Health in Lancaster, PA, reported significant improvements in efficiency and work flow when smart infusion pumps were integrated with a bar code medication administration (BCMA) system. For instance, the amount of time that nurses spent programming pumps was down 24.8%; the number of steps needed to program a pump was cut from 17 to 7; and manual editing of pump programs, or reprogramming, was reduced by more than 90%.¹ [Read the rest of this article.]