RFID helps in improving the patient safety and nursing efficiency and therefore decrease the always notable healthcare expenditure.

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RFID in HEALTH-CARE
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Radio frequency identification is gaining a
foothold in the health-care sector, with a growing
number of hospitals, medical centers and health-
care companies using the technology for asset
tracking, patient monitoring and other
applications.
--Feb.22, 2010 Dallas Report (RF ID Journal)
Issues faced by Hospitals
Ø Medication Errors
• A 2002 study of medication errors at 14 acute care hospitals in Ontario
counted over 4,000 errors, only 800 of which were counted as adverse
drug effects.
• A study conducted at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario published in
2003 counted over 800 medication errors during a six-year period.
• It is estimated that 98,000 people die in the U.S. each Year because of
medical errors.
Ø Operational inefficiencies
• Inability to rapidly find and track medical equipment, doctors, nurses, patients,
and visitors in times of emergencies.
• Lost Revenue (It has been estimated that the theft of equipment and supplies
costs hospitals $4,000 per bed each year and with over 975,000 staffed beds in
the U.S., this represents a potential loss of $3.9 billion annually.)
• Medicines that need to be given to the right patients, in the right amount,
at the right time, and from the right packages.
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The Healthcare Industry has undergone a wide
range of regulatory changes, patient safety challenges to
improve identifying patients, medications and
procedures. Due to the vulnerability of treatment
processes, it is lucrative to use IT applications for
preventing errors and mistakes that humans can easily
make. A large benefit of using IT in different operations
is that it can improve the patient safety and
nursing efficiency and therefore decrease the always
notable healthcare expenditure.
It is not always easy to integrate new technologies into
healthcare, because of its criticality and vulnerability. In
hospitals, medical equipment and applications may
encounter interference or compatibility problems
between current and new technologies. If this happens,
lives of patients can be endangered. To streamline,
automate, and improve accuracy within the
healthcare market, regulatory personnel turned to the
automatic identification industry for help. However, for
successful implementation of any such tracking
strategy, real-time data and item visibility is
imperative – which is where Radio Frequency
Identification or RFiD comes in.

3. Figure 1: Number of Doctors accused due to medication errors
RFID Based Solution in Hospital
Figure 2: RFID usage Framework
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Right Equipment ! At Right Place !! At Right Time !!! In Right Condition !!!!
RFID is used in wide verity of
application in healthcare
Industry as shown in Figure
2.Using the technology we can
leverage several direct and
indirect advantages.
Direct Benefits
using RFID
• Equipment Inventory
Management
• Real-time visibility to
equipment inventory and
location
• Inventory positioning and
replenishment based on
demand
• Real-time inventory alerts
• Centralized Asset Database
• Integrated Maintenance
and Regulatory Compliance
• Integrated Workflow
Management and Asset
Security
• Capita Spending Flexibility
• Reduction of excess
inventory
• Reduction of obsolete
inventory
• Reduction of excessive
vendor access to OR
• Reduction of product
duplication
• Reduced clinical frustration
• Better access to products
when needed
Smart Operation
Theatre
Ø Wrong Patient
or patients
wrong body part
Ø Wrong surgical
procedure
People Tracking
Ø Patients
Ø Doctor, Nurse,
Ø Medical Staff.
Ø Visitors
Ø P
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Asset Tracking
Ø Medical
Instruments,
Surgical Tools
Ø Wheel Chairs
Ø Bedsheets,Stretch
ers
Ø Medical Assets
Miscellaneous
Items Tracking
Ø Specimen bags,
slides and test
tubes
Ø Blood bank
Ø Medical WastesS
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4. Pain Areas
Ø Costly medical equipments are lost, misplaced or stolen
• Orthopedic, Cardiovascular supplies, Surgical implants
• Reagents
• Class II pharmaceuticals
• Bio-samples
Ø Security
• Chain-of-custody
• Secure storage
• Government regulations
Ø Waste of time in search of equipment
Ø Inventory is larger than Necessary
Ø Maintenance is hampered by unknown location
IAITO Asset Management Solution
Ø Mobile/Semi Mobile assets can be attached with a passive/active
tags with considering its applicability and usage.
Ø Different varieties of readers are used to track its transit position and
locations.
Ø With MIS report efficient hospital asset management can be done.
Direct & In-direct Benefits
Ø Real-time tracking of expensive and critical instruments and also can
be located very easily at the time of emergencies
Ø Time saving
Ø Pro-Active alerts in case of theft i.e. access control for accessing the
equipments
Ø Asset Visibility i.e. efficient & accurate inventory system
Ø Easy Maintenance & access of the medical records
RFID based Asset Tracking
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5. Pain Areas
Ø Location of the doctors in case of emergency is difficult
Ø In & out timing are not registered accurately
Ø Uneven distribution of Nurses
Ø Death of patients due to medical errors & difficult to track patients
Ø Visitors wander away into the restricted area or from close proximity of the
patients
IAITO People Tracking & Management
Solution
Ø People inside the Hospital can be attached with a passive/active tags
with considering its applicability and usage.
Ø Different varieties of readers are used to track its transit position
and locations.
Ø With MIS report efficient hospital People management can be done.
Direct & In-direct Benefits
Ø Accurate registration of location and time that provide full visibility
of patient flow(identification of right patient)
Ø Patient Information such as Name,DOB,Visitors history, medical
history can be obtained
Ø Continual real-time tracking of all people inside the hospital.
Improving work flow of doctors & Nurses by keeping track of
doctors & Nurses in case of emergency
Ø Manage nurses, duty staffs shift & shift planning
Ø Absent report, late coming, work hour
Ø Staff attendance management
Ø Accurate & automatic reports on In/out time
Ø Patient attendees/visitor management solution
Ø Monitor and track unauthorized people wandering into restricted
areas or wander away from patients by giving auto alerts
Ø Allow/block visitor in predetermined time
RFID based People Tracking
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6. Pain Areas
Ø Wrong patient identification
Ø Retained surgical items, sponges
Ø Detection is difficult
Ø Manual counts
Ø Waste of time
Ø Liability, CMS reimbursement rules
IAITO OT Management Solution
Ø Mobile/Semi Mobile assets can be attached with a passive/active
tags with considering its applicability and usage.
Ø Different varieties of readers are used to track its transit position and
locations.
Ø With MIS report efficient hospital OT management can be done.
Direct & In-direct Benefits
Ø Easy confirmation of the right patients & performance
of correct procedure
Ø Safe Operating Theatre (OT) & more efficient
Ø Significant reduction of cost & risk of litigation resulting
Ø from surgery mistakes
Ø Time saving
Ø Enable the doctor to track each and every piece of equipment being
left sewn-up inside the patient’s body and eliminate
Ø This fear from the doctor’s mind.
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7. Pain Areas
Ø Mistransfusion errors (i.e. blood transfusion of the incorrect type or
blood given to the wrong patient)
Ø Inaccurate matching of the blood sample
Ø Medication misidentification
Ø Difficult to fulfill the EC directive for ‘traceability’ of blood product
Ø Paper based intra-hospital registration is not 100% waterproof
Ø Difficult to manage medical wastes
IAITO Miscellaneous Item tracking &
Management Solution
Ø Mobile/Semi Mobile items can be attached with a passive/active tags
with considering its applicability and usage.
Ø Different varieties of readers are used to track its transit position and
locations.
Ø With MIS report efficient hospital Miscellaneous item management
can be done.
Direct & In-direct Benefits
Ø Easy to track bags of blood to record transfusions and ensure that
correct blood is given to each patient.
Ø Process of managing blood bag is eased i.e. automatic registration
of all history & quality of the blood product
Ø Less Time consuming
Ø Minimized risk of patients receiving the wrong type of blood
Ø Easy availability and location of a certain blood group can be
had right from the patients bed side
Ø Easy detection of presence of medical wastes in surroundings
Ø Reduces biohazard exposure
RFID based Miscellaneous Items Tracking
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8. What IAITO can Provide
Why you should select IAITO Infotech as your partner
• We understand the RFID Technology, Solution and have knowledge of the
Industry with the top Notch IIT Kanpur R&D engineers who are having more
than 5+ years experience in the same domain.
• Our understanding about the RFID Business Values & ROI Realization is with
15+ years experience business people in team.
• We provide High Quality Product & Testing process (ISO 9001: 2008 Certified
Company).
• We Have High Techno Commercial viability – ROI.
• Indigenous Setup (Design, Developed & Tested in world class RFID lab of IIT
Kanpur).
• We have Local Support & Strong Partner Network Framework to ensure better
support.
1. Defining the
software and
hardware
requirement
study (SRS &
HRS).
2. Integration of
hardware and
software in lab
environment.
1. Understanding
the requirement
with end
customer/partner.
2. Visiting the end
customer/partner
site and studying
the system & IT
Infrastructure
with demo.
1. Justifying the
business value of
RFID in Health-
Care Industry.
2. Calculating the
ROI (Return on
Investment)
1. Full
telephonic &
Email support.
2. Preventive
Measurement
Support.
3. AMC &
Warranty
Support.
1. Fully fledged
training
conducted by
IAITO people to
Site operation
person.
2. Training will
be conducted to
the management
& Admin.
1. Customer site
deployment of
the hardware &
software.
2. Testing the
System.
3.Commissioning
the system.
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9. Conclusion
Healthcare is predicted to be one o the major growth areas for RFID. Over the years,
RFID technology had proved its ability in many applications. Patient safety and product
tracking requirements will necessitate the adoption of RFID technology. Hospitals
already have strong RFID applications which include asset and medical device tracking
to promote patient safety and increase operational efficiency. In addition, some hospitals
that have not yet adopted barcode technology can use RFID technology to leapfrog their
competition in maintaining better asset visibility while reducing inventory levels. Health
care providers (e.g., hospitals) have a chance to track fast and accurate patient
identification, improve patient’s safety by capturing basic data (such as patient unique
ID, name, blood group, drug allergies, drugs that the patient is on today),
prevent/reduce medical errors, increases efficiency and productivity, and cost savings
through wireless communication. It also helps hospitals to build a better, more
collaborative environment between different departments, such as the wards,
medication, examination, and payment. Though it is a costly technology, RFID has
become indispensable for a wide range of automated data collection and identification
applications that would not be possible otherwise.
About IAITO INFOTECH PVT LTD (ISO 9001:2008 certified) an incubate
company of IIT Kanpur provides state of the art integrated traceability, identification
and authentication solution. It provides software as well as integrated turnkey solution
of both(hardware, software & services) in various technologies like RFID, NFC, GPS,
Mobile technologies etc.
With the knowledge of experienced professional, we are able to help you to deploy right
combination of technology that will maximize your ROI right from start and ensure its
expandability as the application grow through the evolution of the technology.
With our R & D experienced team, we have developed different integrated solutions for
various industries and carry one of the most comprehensive product/solutions.
IAITO’s turnkey solutions model covers industries like Aviation, Manufacturing,
Transportation, Retail, Government, Renewable Energy, BFSI and Mining.
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