RFID Solutions for Healthcare Industry

RFID Solutions for Healthcare IndustryImagine the hospital of the future where unnecessary expenses will be cut and more patient lives will be saved. Saygoodbye to the inefficiencies of the old hospital and welcome the new, highly cost-effective system of asset andpersonnel tracking, patient care, and billing, the keystone of which will be radio frequency identification (RFID)technology.GAO RFID envisions such a world, as we are a leading RFID solutions provider. The applications for the healthcareindustry are several, asset tracking, patient tracking, staff location, baby monitoring, blood bank distribution, etc.Here we define two such applications:Asset Tracking:Healthcare facilities invest millions of dollars in upgrading and maintaining expensive equipment that aid thehealthcare professional in the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients. It is incumbent on these professionalsto maximize the use of such machines to maintain cost controls and yet meet the ever evolving and extremelydynamic needs of the patients. When the equipment needed is not readily available this leads to many undesirableoutcomes:(1) Staff are then sent scrambling through many corridors, sometimes over many floors to find the equipment theyneed,(2) The Facility procures added machinery that taxes capital resources while existing assets remain under-utilizedand(3) The patients very well being could be at risk without the machine available at the time it is needed.
RFID technology solves all of the above by simply affixing an RFID tag to the equipment and strategically locatingreaders throughout the area of operations where the hardware is needed. In this way, as the device passes through aread point, it is registered in the applications software in real time to be in that area. In this way, staff will knowwhat area of the facility each piece of equipment is located when they really need to have it. The results are less timewasted for healthcare professionals scrambling to find equipment, better utilization of existing assets that reducescapital expenditures and most importantly, a patient gets the best care available reducing the likelihood of liabilitybecause of poor health care services.
Patient Tracking Solutions:Hospitals and Health Care facilities are more concerned these days about having the ability to accurately track theirpatients. Whether it's dispensing medication or identifying the individual for procedures or pulling up a history oftreatment on a patient; RFID technology is a way to manage the information much more efficiently.An RFID system is used for accurately locating and tracking people, equipment and objects in a hospital. Thesystem is designed to track hospital assets, curb excess expenditures, increase safety and ensure security and accesscontrol by placing small radio frequency identification devices, or 'RFID tags' on people and objects.Hospitals and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are facing daily challenges especially when responding todisasters, such as severe weather conditions, toxic chemical spills and terrorism. They need to manage a largequantity of patients from the disaster area to nearby hospitals effectively and efficiently.The responsibility for the safety of patients, who may be missing from hospital beds or emergency wards rests withthe healthcare worker. RFID makes tracking patients easier giving care takers the ability for fast, accurateidentification and verification.
. Encoded RFID Bracelet data can be read through bed linens, so patients don't have to be disturbed whensleeping. They can be used with fixed readers in doorways and corridors, to help staff keep track ofambulatory patients.. RFID Bracelet solutions can encode patient information in RFID tags to have better tracking performanceespecially when access to a remote database is not available.. RFID Bracelet solutions provide a convenient, one-step solution for patient IDs. Text or graphics areproduced directly on the Bracelet. There is no need for handwritten or typed inserts, or stick-on labels,which saves time and eliminates a potential point of failure.Newborn Baby Tracking SolutionsFor the most part, the Maternity Ward is thankfully a great source for joy and celebration as new familymembers are welcomed into the world. The ward staff shares some of this joy by playing their part throughoutthe labor and the post-partum care of mot... [download for more]