RFID/RTLS

By Bill Siwicki 05:13 pm November 03, 2023
A broad RTLS deployment, new augmented intelligence systems and 75-inch footwall monitors to enhance patient experience are just some of the innovations the New Jersey hospital hopes will satisfy patients, providers and staff.
St. Francis Interquest and RTLS
By Bill Siwicki 10:47 am October 20, 2023
Mountain Region CommonSpirit Health's CMIO outlines novel ways RTLS is being used in finding everything from staff and patients to equipment and patients' personal items – and how it all adds up to the quadruple aim.
Dr. Valerie McKinnis of Mountain Region CommonSpirit Health on RTLS
By Bill Siwicki 10:08 am October 19, 2023
Yes, RTLS. Mountain Region CommonSpirit Health's CMIO offers a deep dive into some novel uses of the tracking technology, showing how it can fulfill its long-touted promise of improving care quality, patient and provider experience and the bottom line.
Ron Erickson of Know Labs on noninvasive diagnostics
By Bill Siwicki 10:49 am August 31, 2023
Noninvasive diagnostics are the life's work of Ron Erickson, founder of Know Labs. He explains radio frequency technology and how it could change the course of diabetes care.
By Bill Siwicki 10:09 am December 09, 2022
These advanced technologies will do more to help provider organizations with workflow optimization, staff shortages and the patient experience in the year ahead, one expert predicts.
A doctor scrolling through their tablet computer
By Adam Ang 02:34 am October 31, 2022
It plans to use more of such technology in operating theatres, wards and at the emergency department.
A clinician wearing scrubs is looking at a patient record from a computer screen
By Adam Ang 02:10 am October 21, 2022
The system has higher sensitivity in identifying close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases compared to a conventional tracing method.
Nick Adriance, CenTrak, RTLS
By Bill Siwicki 12:19 pm July 01, 2022
The presence of real-time location systems also can help hire new talent and improve the workplace for nurses while there is a nursing shortage, one expert says.
Workers in a pharmacy
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By 09:47 am April 04, 2022
Pre-tagged RFID-enabled pharmaceuticals are saving hospital pharmacies vital time and resources through managing the receipt, movement and use of medications.
Reading Hospital Pennsylvania vaccine RFID
By Bill Siwicki 11:14 am March 25, 2021
The tracking technology also is enabling the hospital to report more highly accurate results to the Pennsylvania state health department.