Category: patient safety

SmartTag to enhance infant safety

Hanh Phuc Hospital deploys Smart technology to protect babies. The system has impressed mothers who had delivered at the hospital.

Real-time Surveillance System helps A Hospital Fight Against The Coronavirus Pandemic

Inside A Hospital’s Fight Against The Coronavirus Pandemic | CNA inside | Sep 13, 2020 An article featuring the Singapore National Centre for Infectious Disease (NCID) was published by “CNA inside” on 13 Sep 2020 entitled “Inside a hospital’s fight against the Coronavirus Pandemic”. In the article, the real-time location tracking and contact tracing surveillance…

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Managing COVID-19: The TTSH Experience

By Dean Koh | HealthITNews | May 26, 2020 Technologies adopted to tackle the COVID-19 situation at TTSH included the Staff Surveillance System (S3), Command, Control and Communications (C3) system and a real time location system (RTLS). Read the full article at HealthITNews Extracts from HealthITNews: One of the innovations that has come into play during…

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Sotera ViSi Mobile facilitates timely interventions in Singapore hospitals

The ViSi Mobile (Sotera Wireless, San Diego, California, USA) is a wearable patient monitoring system for continuous monitoring of ECG, heart/pulse rate, SpO2, respiration rate, skin temperature, continuous NIBP (cNIBP), posture, and motion. In recent evaluations of the system in hospitals in Singapore, the system detected several critical situations and alerted the caregivers, enabling the…

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Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital uses Omniview-SisPorto® central fetal monitoring system to provide additional safety in fetal surveillance

Cadi Scientific, news release, June 6, 2014: Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital’s labour ward went live with the Omniview-SisPorto® during the ward’s official opening in April 2014. The Omniview-SisPorto is a central fetal monitoring system with automated computerized analysis of CTG (cardiotocographic) features and ST events to provide additional safety in fetal surveillance. This system aids…

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Thomson Medical Centre enhances infant security with baby tagging solution

Joint Thomson Medical and Cadi Scientific news release (extract), February 6, 2013: Mothers who deliver their babies at Thomson Medical Centre (TMC) will now enjoy a greater peace of mind with the launch of a baby tagging solution. Using RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, the Cadi SmartSense Infant Safety Solution (Gen II) allows parents to…

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Hong Kong Union Hospital adopts RFID temperature sensors for pediatric patients

RFID Journal, article (extract), September 11, 2012: The system enables the children to have a better night’s sleep, and also provides nurses with real-time readings of temperature and other vital signs. Compared with adults, pediatric patients are at greater risk of spiking fevers, and for that reason, hospitals must often record the temperatures of young…

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