HEALTHCARE ASIA | 20 Mar 2025 Khoo Teck Puat Hospital’s (KTPH) real-time location system (RTLS) makes it easier to track medical equipment, helping nurses and staff save 20,000 work hours a year by cutting the time spent searching for them. It also allows the state-owned Singapore hospital to seamlessly transfer patients between departments, Alvin Kuo, assistant director of…
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Sengkang General Hospital looks to expand RTLS to optimise workflow
SKH plans to use more of such technology in operating theatres, wards and at the emergency department.
Sengkang Hospital’s RTLS has helped track patients
SKH can do contact tracing quicker and able to isolate patients quicker.
National Centre for Infectious Diseases uses RTLS to boost capabilities
Singapore RTLS technology by Cadi Scientific deployed in the National Centre for Infectious Diseases to boost operational efficiency.
New Sengkang Health awards campuswide RTLS tender to Cadi Scientific
Using next generation RTLS technologies to drive greater patient safety and workflow automation come 2018
Staff Contact Tracing and Hand Hygiene
To reduce hospital acquired infection and be pandemic ready.
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…
Daqing Women’s and Children’s Hospital in China rolls out SmartSense for wireless temperature monitoring, infant safety, and patient tracking
In an effort to enhance patient safety and reduce nurses’ workload, Daqing Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Heilongjiang, China, has rolled out the SmartSense infant safety system in its maternity ward and both the SmartSense temperature monitoring system and SmartSense patient tracking system in its pediatric ward. These systems use radio frequency identification (RFID),…
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…
Thailand’s Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital enhances infant safety by using RFID
Cadi Scientific newsletter, news article (summary), December 2013: Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, a leading healthcare facility in Bangkok, has deployed an RFID system to further enhance infant safety and to improve patient experience. The new system, developed by a Singapore Company, uses active RFID tags to automate the process of matching mothers and infants throughout their…
Samsung Medical Center improves health screening workflow by using RFID tags and mobile devices
Cadi Scientific, news release, October 24, 2013: 1. Introduction Samsung Medical Center (SMC) is a major healthcare facility in South Korea serving both local and international patients in a wide range of specialities. Established in 1994, it consists of a hospital and a cancer center. It has 2,000 beds and 1,300 doctors, and treats more than 8,000 patients…
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Changi General Hospital, and IHiS win Asia Pacific HIMSS Elsevier Award
Channel NewsAsia, news article (extract), October 22, 2013: Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Changi General Hospital and IHiS — the Health Ministry’s IT arm — have clinched the Asia Pacific HIMSS Elsevier Award for using innovative techniques to improve patient care. One technique employed by Tan Tock Seng is a bedside tablet which records a patient’s…
