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Category: reducing patient waiting time
Tan Tock Seng Hospital builds “artificial brain” to manage services
Exclusive interview with Jamie Lim, COO of Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
Korea’s Kangnam Hospital uses RFID at outpatient center to shorten waiting time
Korea’s Kangnam Hospital has deployed an intelligent queue management system based on radio frequency identification (RFID) at its outpatient center. Every patient who registers at the center is issued an integrated active-passive RFID tag, which identifies the patient and provides the patient’s location. The patient is also assigned a locker, which can be locked or…
Hanaro Medical Center in South Korea uses RFID to shorten waiting time and enhance patient experience
Hanaro Medical Center in South Korea has rolled out an intelligent queue management system based on radio frequency identification (RFID) at its health screening center. Every patient who registers at the center is issued an integrated active-passive RFID tag to identify the patient and provide the patient’s location. The patient is also assigned a locker, which can…
Patient tracking RFID technology from Singapore helps reduce waiting time at Samsung Medical Center
Biospectrum Asia, article (extract), July 29, 2013: SmartTag Health Screening System provides relevant information about patient’s routine requirements in the hospital Singapore-based healthcare technology company, Cadi Scientific, has partnered with Choongwae Information Technology, an information technology leader in Korea’s healthcare industry to develop a new SmartTag Health Screening System. SmartTag Health Screening System has been deployed…
Samsung Medical Center uses intelligent RFID system to enhance patient experience
Samsung Medical Center, news release in Korean (summary), June 19, 2013: Samsung Medical Center has rolled out an intelligent RFID system to enhance patient experience at its health screening center. All patients registered at the center will receive an integrated RFID tag. In addition to locking and unlocking their lockers using the RFID tag, the…
Singapore General Hospital’s new bed management system shortens waiting time for beds
News articles (summary), September 2012: Singapore General Hospital (SGH) implemented the world’s largest bed management system based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in May 2009. The system allows hospital staff to check patient status and search for suitable beds electronically in real time. With this system, the time from the moment a patient is charged to…
SingHealth’s CIO recounts experience with implementation of automated bed management system
Enterprise Innovation (Internet), interview, September 28, 2011: In this interview, SingHealth’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) recounted his experience with implementation of an automated bed management system at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). “… what the old system did not have is the visibility to the patient transfers done at the wards … We needed a way…
Singapore General Hospital improves bed management with automated system
Hospital IT Europe, article (summary), summer 2010: To better manage bed resources, Singapore General Hospital deployed the Eclipsys patient flow software in integration with wireless patient location tracking system from Cadi Scientific. The integrated system significantly improved operational efficiency in patient flow from admission to discharge. In particular, it reduced daily average overflow by 12%,…
Singapore General Hospital named a winner for its automated patient flow system
Microsoft News Center, news release (extract), March 2, 2010: Winner for Best Use of Clinical Records — Inpatient Singapore General Hospital/Integrated Health Information Systems (SingHealth) selected Eclipsys Sunrise Patient Flow and CADI Scientific to couple its workflow‐based patient flow platform with radio frequency identification and real-time location system, optimizing and automating patient flow from the…
