RFID/RTLS

A selection of the announcements made in the exhibit hall this week – from Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas, CenTrak, DT Research, Innovaccer, MDClone and MedeAnalytics.

A broad RTLS deployment, new augmented intelligence systems and 75-inch footwall monitors to enhance patient experience are just some of the innovations the New Jersey hospital hopes will satisfy patients, providers and staff.

Mountain Region CommonSpirit Health's CMIO outlines novel ways RTLS is being used in finding everything from staff and patients to equipment and patients' personal items – and how it all adds up to the quadruple aim.

Yes, RTLS. Mountain Region CommonSpirit Health's CMIO offers a deep dive into some novel uses of the tracking technology, showing how it can fulfill its long-touted promise of improving care quality, patient and provider experience and the bottom line.

Noninvasive diagnostics are the life's work of Ron Erickson, founder of Know Labs. He explains radio frequency technology and how it could change the course of diabetes care.

These advanced technologies will do more to help provider organizations with workflow optimization, staff shortages and the patient experience in the year ahead, one expert predicts.

It plans to use more of such technology in operating theatres, wards and at the emergency department.

The system has higher sensitivity in identifying close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases compared to a conventional tracing method.

The presence of real-time location systems also can help hire new talent and improve the workplace for nurses while there is a nursing shortage, one expert says.

Pre-tagged RFID-enabled pharmaceuticals are saving hospital pharmacies vital time and resources through managing the receipt, movement and use of medications.