RFID

Archive
11 July 2005

Emerging technologies in CfH sights

  Can RFID technology help prevent drug errors? Can patients’ bedside phone and entertainment terminals be used to give them
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9 June 2005

Tag team care

Colin Jervis of Kinetic Consulting examines some of the innovative ways that RFID tags are being used in patient care
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29 April 2005

Germany joins hospital RFID pilots

Germany has joined the growing number of countries experimenting with wireless tagging of hospital patients to improve safety and provide easier access
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13 April 2005

Carry your medical records on a USB drive

A biochemistry professor has developed a USB key chain so that people can carry around their own electronic medical records downloaded
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8 December 2004

RFID tags in the NHS could lead to job losses

The introduction of wireless tagging such as RFID technology in the NHS could result in job losses due to the removal
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17 November 2004

RFID tags on medication introduced in US

US regulators the Food and Drug Administration have released guidance for the attachment of RFID tags to drug packaging in
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29 October 2004

Surgeon tags patients with WiFi to improve safety

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital is claiming to have the world’s first pilot of wireless active tagging system for patients, with links
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27 October 2004

Keeping an eye on ID

Identifying patients to access their records can be a big problem for A&E staff and paramedics. So why not use
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