RFID and Telemedicine

Last night I attended a BioArbor Life Science Forum event in Ann Arbor with my colleague, Ralph Wagner, on patient care and IT.

The panel, comprised of telemedicine presidents and CEOs reinforced what many in the health care industry and government are discussing -- The shortage of clinicians and steep increase in the aging population's need for health care creates a number of problems that technology has stepped in to address.

Among these:

• lack of access to care
• lack of access to specialists
• increasing need for non-peak hour doctor services
• increasing staffing need, while qualified candidates are in short supply
• RISING COSTS, RISKS and decrease in ability to meet PATIENT CARE needs

Part of the solution lies in providing technology that can monitor, diagnose and treat patients remotely. This is what dominated the conversation at the event. The use of telemedicine, remote communication via robots and off-site doctors interpreting radiology tests remotely.

Another key part of the solution is providing innovative RFID technologies to improve:

EFFICIENCY and PRODUCTIVITY.

If patient flow can be optimized, then...

fewer staff members
can use
the same resources
to care for
a greater number of patients
without increasing the demand for
equipment,
clinicians, or
funding.

In fact, many hospitals are starting to realize the benefits of RFID technologies to manage their inventory and supply chains, track assets, medications, specimens and samples, monitor patients and staff, as well as other medical applications.

RFID and telemedicine applications can work hand in hand to address the growing need for quality health care with lower costs and fewer risks.

Dynamic Computer Corporation provides innovative RFID solutions for the health care environment in areas that traditionally cause the most "pain" points. The solutions, for:

1. Asset Tracking & Maintenance
2. Inventory Management
3. Patient & Staff Tracking
4. Medication Tracking
5. Lab & Sample Tracking

For information on how these solutions can help enhance your health care facility's processes using RFID, contact our lead RFID Systems Integrator, Ralph Wagner, at 866-257-2111.