Tracking using the RFID (radio frequency identification) system is now almost a standard to all industries that need constant trace of all transported materials. This had been in use for animals (transport of race horses, pets) and humans, mostly hospital patients through the RFID patients tracking.
The use of RFID on healthcare is one successful long shot regarding the technology. Before, only machines (trucks, cars, big merchandise, etc) use the technology. Now, the industry uses the technology for anything that needs surveillance and constant checking. These days, medical facilities and hospitals are in the thick of using the technology, not only in the transport of medicine and machines, but most especially to safeguard their patients from wandering around (those with Alzheimer’s, or those who forget easily. (Before RFIDs, one story goes around is that a patient with dementia was once lost and found only four days later in the hospital warehouse.) Trackers These days, hospitals are maximizing the use of the RFID tracker that includes tracking hospital equipments (beds, wheelchairs, etc.) and those outside of medical work) by using it on people like their staff. Most important is the use on their patients who are mentally debilitated by memory loss. Tracking the transport of their medical equipments and others has become routine. Tracking of the patients is insuring that these patients are going to receive their treatment and care in the right times. Any slip-up can mean more expenses and endanger the patient’s lives. RFID use On equipments, hospitals invest substantial capital on them. When they are needed, personnel need not exert much effort in looking for them. Speedy availability of these equipments can mean life or death to the critically ill among the patients. Hospitals and other medical facilities know that the use the RFID tracking system greatly helps. The RFID might be a simple tag or transponder to the equipments or special patients. The device can then be easily located anywhere in the area, and with it the equipment or the person that has or wears the tag. The result is that less time is wasted, better utilization of the system, and ultimately, improved patient care. Characteristics The RFID tags come in as wristbands or special badges and supplied with a tamper-proof mechanism. (Others send out signals if there is an effort to remove them.) The tag readers would be placed in specific areas within the hospital grounds which can locate a patient within a measurable distance. This distance is defined in the system to cover the whole area and be cost-effective in terms of the number of readers needed. The range which the RFIDs can be read can be from 10 feet away or a thousand feet, making the system flexible enough in setting up the coverage area. They can also be made to locate patients outside the facility’s premises. Alerts can be specially programmed based on the needs of the area or that of the facility or the needs of the patient. The capabilities of RFID patient tracking are continually being refined with new add-on apps.
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