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NewsRFID tags used to prevent post-op mistakes by hospitals
The University of North Carolina Hospitals recently implemented a radio frequency identification (RFID) tagging system to prevent surgical instruments from being left in patient bodies after surgery. Read more...
UK hospital trials iPads on WLAN, but loves wireless asset tracking
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust in London has become the first pediatric hospital in the UK to adopt iPads for e-prescribing and medication management, and currently is running a Read more...
CSC: Wireless technologies, robots will transform care
Mobile and wireless technologies dominate a Computer Sciences Corp. list of six technologies that show promise for improving patient care and making a better working environment for clinicians, Read more...
RFID as effective as X-rays for sponge detection
It's been suspected for a long time, but the body of scientific literature is growing in support of the hypothesis that RFID could prevent surgical sponges from being left inside patients after Read more...
RFID applications in the hospital environment
RFID technology developer ThingMagic is in the midst of a 100-day online campaign to discuss "100 Uses of RFID." Last week, healthcare took center stage, as the Cambridge, Mass.-based vendor Read more...
Sutter hospital upgrades RFID infant tracker
Medical equipment gets lost within cavernous hospital buildings and, occasionally, so do patients, especially the smallest ones. A California hospital is beefing up security for infant patients by Read more...
Alabama firms team to develop wireless hand-washing monitoring system
Two Alabama companies are teaming up to develop an RFID system that will monitor hand washing in healthcare environments. Proventix Systems, headquartered in Birmingham, will pair its nGage employee Read more...
Wi-Fi use in healthcare jumps 60 percent since last year, ABI Research says
Just as the Department of Veterans Affairs was revealing plans to install Wi-Fi for patients and visitors in hundreds of facilities, along comes a new report from ABI Research to confirm that Wi-Fi Read more...
RTLS necessitates proper infrastructure planning
Real-time location systems, like other forms of RFID technology, are great for keeping tabs on the types of high-value assets that hospitals buy in bulk. Think computers-on-wheels, diagnostic devices Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: U. of Mich. expands RFID surgical tissue tracking
The University of Michigan will expand its use of an RFID-based tissue tracking system to pediatric surgical areas of the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. The technology, which manages the the receipt, Read more...
| Press ReleasesClearCount Receives CE Marking for SmartSponge Surgical Safety TechnologyFirst and Only RFID-based Surgical Sponge Systems Bearing a CE Mark PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ClearCount Medical Solutions, a leader in patient safety solutions, announced today that it has Read more >> Awarepoint Corporation Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2011 North American RFID and RTLS Healthcare Competitive Strategy LeadershipAward recognizes Awarepoint's best-in-class RTLS and workflow automation solutions, market leadership and innovationSAN DIEGO, Sept. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Awarepoint Corporation, the leading Read more >> New Hospitals to Implement New Communications TechnologyNew U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital to add integration platform to distribute data, enhance communications and patient experience ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 13, Read more >> Doctors Who Count Their Clicks Count on Imprivata for Fast Access to Siemens Electronic Medical RecordsHealthcare Technology Leaders Continue to Select Imprivata OneSign for Improved Clinician Satisfaction and Productivity LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Imprivata® the #1 independent single sign-on (SSO) Read more >> RF Technologies® Establishes Partnership with HPSI® Purchasing ServicesAlliance provides HPSI members with single-source provider of long-term care solutionsBROOKFIELD, Wis., Aug. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- RF Technologies®, a leading provider of radio frequency Read more >> |
