RFID

Archive
31 August 2006

Smart sponges to reduce surgical accidents in US

A new barcode system used on surgical sponges will be trialled by the Veterans’ Administration West Los Angeles Health Care
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17 August 2006

CfH seeks acute trust for blood barcoding pilot

NHS Connecting for Health and the National Patient Safety Agency have announced they are looking for an acute trust to
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21 July 2006

RFID records to be implanted in 280 patients

RFID implant manufacturers VeriChip have announced that 280 patients from the New Jersey area are to have health records chips inserted
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11 July 2006

Doctors test out RFID system for handovers

Doctors at the Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust are testing the use of RFID technology for patient handovers.
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21 June 2006

Germany’s team

The World Cup is not Frankfurt's only major event this summer. Phillipp Grätzel reports from ITeG, the German healthcare IT
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22 May 2006

Digital hospital

EHI looks at how a futuristic hospital in Norway can show what benefits an integrated approach to communications can bring
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8 March 2006

Birmingham and Solihull extends patient RFID tagging

Birmingham’s Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it is to further expand its trial of tagging surgical
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24 November 2005

Wristband risk to patient safety highlighted

A drive to raise awareness of the importance of patients wearing hospital wristbands should make barcode and RFID technology more
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13 October 2005

Cisco makes new medical connections

Cisco Systems Inc. has announced a series of new applications that are now available as part of its Medical Grade
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29 July 2005

Doctor tagged with RFID worries about privacy

An A&E doctor and CIO who has had an RFID tag implanted into his arm on which his medical reference
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