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RFID: Increasing Patient Safety and Operational Efficiencies

Healthcare IT Today

Teams of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists were tasked with the painstaking duty of refilling kits, verifying expiration dates, and maintaining extensive paper records for every medication vial, bottle, syringe, or IV infusion. These tags store critical information and respond by reflecting radio waves from RFID readers.

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Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

While nothing can beat an in-person experience, physicians can check in on them digitally, through remote patient monitoring tools or video consults. Many healthcare facilities and smaller clinics offer remote monitoring devices or kits, as per a patient’s need. However, that should not affect their care.

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Through the company’s app, physicians can automatically check in on patients in between face-to-face visits on a clinically relevant schedule that the physician’s practice controls, based on the patient’s conditions. These systems can be delivered to virtually any mobile device or PC, or via a fully managed home kit.

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