Emerging technologies in CfH sights
Can RFID technology help prevent drug errors? Can patients’ bedside phone and entertainment terminals be used to give them better information? Can patients be better cared for in their homes? These are some of the questions Connecting for Health (CfH) clinical architect, Dr Mike Bainbridge, will be looking at over the next two years […]
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Tag team care
Colin Jervis of Kinetic Consulting examines some of the innovative ways that RFID tags are being used in patient care and health administration.
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Germany joins hospital RFID pilots
Germany has joined the growing number of countries experimenting with wireless tagging of hospital patients to improve safety and provide easier access to data. The Klinikum SaarbrÜcken in western Germany, this month launched a pilot project covering 1000 patients in collaboration with technology partners Siemens Business Services, Intel and Fujitsu Siemens Computers. In addition to making patient […]
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Carry your medical records on a USB drive
A biochemistry professor has developed a USB key chain so that people can carry around their own electronic medical records downloaded from their doctor’s record system. The MedInfo Chip (right), developed by Dr Carl Franzblau, chairman and professor of biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine, is essentially a key drive that incorporates all the […]
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RFID tags in the NHS could lead to job losses
The introduction of wireless tagging such as RFID technology in the NHS could result in job losses due to the removal of administrative burdens, according to consultants Wireless Healthcare. The new report published by the company into the advance of wireless technology, ‘Selling Wireless Tagging To The Healthcare Sector’, argues that while the new systems could […]
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RFID tags on medication introduced in US
US regulators the Food and Drug Administration have released guidance for the attachment of RFID tags to drug packaging in order to ensure “that the drugs available in the United States are among the safest in the world." “Radio Frequency Identification technology is an innovative response to the challenge of counterfeit drugs," said Health and […]
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Surgeon tags patients with WiFi to improve safety
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital is claiming to have the world’s first pilot of wireless active tagging system for patients, with links to electronic records containing digital photographs and a new easily-updatable electronic operating list. The system was introduced as part of a pilot three weeks ago to save time on verifying pre-operative checks, and to improve patient safety. […]
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Keeping an eye on ID
Identifying patients to access their records can be a big problem for A&E staff and paramedics. So why not use biometric scanning, wonders Michael Casey?
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