Networks

Medical applications (cont'd)

Equipment tracking (2004 Apr)

• 10,000 pieces of medical equipment at three Virginia hospitals
• location, and whether item is in use, available or in need of servicing

Equipment tracking (2007 Feb)

• nearly 1,000 medical devices in New Orleans
• for use by biomedical engineering and sterilization
• spend less time looking for equipment

Patients and equipment (2007 Feb)

• 23,000 patients/year
• thousands of items, from beds to pumps
• displays OR schedule, and what is actually happening
• plasma-screen display of patient status, for family
• control hoarding of wheelchairs
• make sure devices are regularly inspected and receive software upgrades

Uniforms, OR gowns (2007 Feb)

• tags are sewn into the garments
• employees use personnel badges to open storage closets
• reader inside the closet tracks the closet's contents
• readers also in laundry bins
• savings in inventory space, labor and operational costs

Tracking of high-cost items (2007 Feb)

• supply cabinets with readers for high-cost items
• reduce overstocks and waste
• make sure patients are properly billed

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