RFID Patient Tracking – All for the Patient’s Benefit

In step with the times, modern medical facilities and progressive hospitals all over the world have adopted the RFID patient tracking system which is a standard procedure by now. The devices and the accompanying system had been a big boon to the medical profession on all three fronts – the patient, the doctors, and the hospital administration.

The system is one big benefit for the patient on many counts. For the medical professionals (doctors, nurses, caregivers), the technology cuts a tremendous chunk of work for them.

For the medical facility itself, there is a huge savings in the form of reduction of unnecessary costs which the system had compressed into one manageable flow.

Benefits

The RFID tags are now used to properly identify patients in administering the right medicine to the right recipient, among other things. In the past, hospital insurance costs were raised unnecessarily from some human mistakes as giving the wrong medicine to the wrong patients.

The right RFID tags are now used to properly identify hospital patients using the stored data in the patient’s RFID tag. Other very useful information can also be written on the tags including schedules with doctors, X-rays or MRIs, all without delay and all are accurate.

Other conditions

There is information written on the RFID tags that also includes the patient’s present condition. On newly-arrived patients, data like their present medical status and other important details are written on the tags. It also automatically integrates with the patient and the other healthcare systems.

Emergency arrival s also has their complete (or pertinent) medical information and these are reflected on their RFIDs. The result is that speedy care and treatment are facilitated right away even before the patient’s arrival at the ER.

Tracking

Patient tracking with the use of RFIDs is speeded up. The bands send out signals that are instantly read and interpreted by RFID readers strategically distributed all over the facility.

The tag readers are placed in specific areas to be able to locate a patient within a measurable distance (10 feet away or a thousand feet). This is defined by the system to cover an area that is cost-effective in terms of the numbers of tag readers needed.

IDs

The RFIDs come in 3 different frequency levels (ultra-high frequency or UHF, 125 KHz. and 13.56 MHz  These different numbers are guided by being harmless to patients but are compatible to several ISO standards.

The wristbands where the RFIDs are embedded can be adjusted to adjust to any size, from very small wrists (babies) to those of large adults. The wristlets are also provided with soft materials to work wall on babies.

Analytics

The patient’s information also gives out historical analytics which can be followed up with process improvements by the medical staff. The automatic system can give the medical personnel enough time to make their own real-time workflow and adjustments integrating the information from the patient’s end.

With rfid patient tracking Brisbane, the patient’s safety and the speedy medical attention is enabled all for everyone concerned. Everything is for the benefit of the patient.