联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), news article in Chinese (extract, translated), October 8, 2013: To avoid mistakes in matching mother and baby, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Gleneagles have rolled out a three-way newborn identification system linking mother, baby, and cot. This system has an added layer of identification, compared to other hospitals, because it ensures…
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Gleneagles Hospital uses RFID to prevent baby mismatch
TODAY, news article (extract), October 4, 2013: Gleneagles Hospital has introduced a new feature to its infant identification system to give parents of newborns greater assurance and peace of mind. In addition to the usual two identity bands that are placed on babies’ ankles, the hospital has added another feature — radio frequency identification (RFID)…
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…
Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University (China) uses information technology to improve service quality and efficiency
中国数字医学 (China Digital Medicine), article in Chinese (summary), March 2013: The Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University (China) uses information technology as part of its long-term plan to propel itself into the fast lane of the information highway. This technology was applied to sterile supplies traceability using barcodes, RFID, and mobile computing techniques; automated vital…
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…
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…
Bangkok Hospital uses RFID to ensure the right baby is given to the right mother
Cadi Scientific, news release, May 2012: Cadi Scientific’s Infant Safety solution was selected by a leading hospital in the Thai capital for its 30-bed maternity ward. This [solution] incorporates a mother-infant matching system that ensures the right infant is given to the right mother at all times. It also has an active RFID tag secured…
Wuxi People’s Hospital in China investigates the use of wireless temperature monitoring in the ICU
护理学杂志 (Journal of Nursing Science), article in Chinese (summary), January 2012: Researchers from Wuxi People’s Hospital in Wuxi, China, investigated the use of the Cadi SmartSense wireless temperature monitoring system on 180 patients in the hospital’s ICU and found that temperature readings recorded by the system were close to axillary temperature readings taken with a mercury thermometer. The…
The use of RFID technology in the ICU
中华医院管理杂志 (Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration), article in Chinese (extract; original and translated), September 2011: Discussion (translated): The ICU has all kinds of critically ill patients, data from intensive care monitoring, mobile devices, and medical waste. ICU staff faces high workload and high pressure. It is possible to take advantage of the mobility-enabling feature,…
Prince Court Medical Center adopts RFID to reduce risk of infant abduction and asset theft
RFID Journal, article (extract), February 16, 2011: The hospital is tracking infants and their mothers, as well as assets, utilizing passive and active RFID tags, with the goal of reducing the risk of infant abduction and asset theft. The Prince Court Medical Center (PCMC), located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is employing active RFID tags with…
Prince Court Medical Center uses RFID tagging system to ensure correct mother-infant matching
New Sunday Times, news article (summary), January 2, 2011: Prince Court Medical Centre (PCMC, Malaysia) is using a radio frequency tagging system to prevent infant abduction and baby mix-ups. The hospital’s business development and corporate affairs director, Dr. Junaidi Ismail, explained how the system works. Newborn babies and their mothers wear matching electronic tags. An…
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%,…
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