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Radio frequency identification (RFID) chips in employee ID badges are already used to restrict and monitor entry into areas of the hospital. The wireless technology is able to transfer data from the badge to the reader in order to automatically log employees...
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Some groups have criticized the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for not building usability requirements into the national standards for “meaningful use” of electronic health records, suggesting that usability issues have hindered adoption.
Though it hasn’t...
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Filed under: Uncategorized, mHealth Alliance, RFID, Vecna Technologies, CliniPAK, Clinical Patient Administration Kit, GSMA Mobile Health, biometric devices, Sana, Vodafone Americas Foundation, Vecna Cares
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A small FDA survey of nine hospitals found that the most popular use cases for RFID (radio frequency identification) technology are infusion pumps, portable monitors, wheelchairs, beds, and ventilators. Eight of the nine hospitals surveyed use RFID or RTLS (real time location services) technologies....
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Japananese company Asahi Kasei has developed a portable device that gives users access to their health records from a computer or smartphone by connecting to these devices through short range, contactless RFID, according to a report in TechCrunch.
The device is a smart card, sized at just 3×3cm...
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Back in July of 2010, the chip folks kind of hung it up and people didn’t want to be chipped but now Siemens has an interest here. This involves monitoring body behaviors with the identification of an implanted medical device in the body. In short it looks like Siemens is going to explore...
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When you look at the website though instead of the recall having center stage first I see the notice about the “biggest healthcare spinoff in US history” listed and when you go further down you do see the recall notice on the page. When it comes to news, spinoff trumps recalls and potential dangers...
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Thu, Dec 30 2010
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No doubt this is probably done to promote and bring a higher awareness to spotlight how RFID technology can be used in healthcare and for hospitals in keeping items like wheelchairs and stethoscopes, not to mention more expensive items too, this is a great idea and it works well in many hospitals . ...
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Sat, Dec 25 2010
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Filed under: Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Health IT, RFID, cell phones, barcoding, Bing, HIMSS, 4 Square, Booth Tag, exhibitors
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It keeps happening along with recalls, but nobody has done a thing and yet the technology is here to help. Eli Lilly Pill Heist in Connecticut – Worth a Few Million on the Black Market And Should Have Been “Tagged” for Identification To Help Identify Reselling By the Thieves Anyone who reads the blog...
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Thu, Nov 25 2010
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I have many posts on this topic and just yesterday I looked at my Tag Heat Map – awesome. There are some cereals in the super market that have Tags too. Microsoft Tag Bar Codes–Who’s Been Scanning the Medical Quack–The Bing Heat Map Tells All And Could Help Find Stolen or Expired Drugs and Devices...
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Wed, Sep 22 2010
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Ok remember a while back where I said stolen drugs could be located with Tags, well here we have a suggestion or an idea, a heat map from Bing. The products could be tagged by “lot” number and/or products. Obviously on a large scale we are looking at one grand “cloud” operation here. ...
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Wed, Sep 22 2010
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GE has been working on this for a while. I first started talking about Smart Rooms here back in 2008. Technology will track things like facial recognition, using an algorithm and track when the patient is in and out of the bed. Of course this means lots of RFID at work with computer...
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Fri, Sep 17 2010
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This is yet another hand washing technology solution using RFID from a company called Proventix. When the staff member enters the room they need to wash their hand and upon exiting the room the machine anticipates another washing before leaving the patient room. Last year I wrote about another...
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This will help stop people from kidnapping babies for sure. It appears to be some type of RFID device and is attached at the belly button. It almost reminds me a bit of the tags we see in the stores to prevent shoplifting and requires a special tool to remove it. It doesn’t hurt or harm the...
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Thu, Jun 10 2010
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The key here is for the hospital of course to give the patient the medications versus filling at a pharmacy so the RFID tags can be put in place. The RFID tag speaks to the cell phone and creates the data trail, what time the medication was taken, missed dosages etc. Upon receipt of the information...
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Mon, May 24 2010
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Now the big job is to get an open ear from the FDA too so all device companies, drug companies could maintain a synchronized data base and this could even go up into a cloud depending on design. Just think the FDA having an automated update system with alerts so they too could know in real time...
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Fri, May 21 2010
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Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Microsoft/Windows News, healthcare, microsoft, EHR, Surface, PHR, FDA, Personal Health Records, HealthVault, RFID, Heatlhcare, Safety, Microsoft Tags, Connected Conference