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Natural disasters, traffic accidents, crime or
terrorist attacks — in an emergency, seconds can
mean the difference between life and death. In such
situations, well-oiled hospital procedures and
workflows really pay off. What sort of injury does
the patient have? Does he have any diseases or
allergies against particular medications? Doctors
and nurses have only seconds to make decisions. But
not only emergencies pose dangers for patients and
caregivers alike.
However, help is available — in the form of a chip
that is only half a square millimeter large and
integrated into a patient bracelet. By providing a
system for quick and reliable patient identification
with the help of RFID (radio frequency
identification) technology, Siemens is taking a
giant step towards improved patient safety.
As soon as a patient is admitted to the hospital, he
is given a wristband with an integrated RFID chip
that contains his patient number. The hospital staff
then uses PDAs or tablet PCs equipped with RFID
readers to read the ID number, confirm the patient’s
identity and gain online access to a database
containing his history and prescribed medications.
The entire treatment process becomes a lot easier
and more transparent for doctors, nurses and
hospital staff.
The RFID chip can also help during blood
transfusions, one of the most frequent sources of
hospital mishaps. When a bag of blood is delivered
to the hospital, an RDID chip containing a number is
attached to it. This number corresponds to a
database record with information about the blood
donation’s source, purpose and recipient. When the
nurse takes the blood bag to the patient, she uses a
PDA to read the chip attached to the bag as well as
one in the patient’s wristband. If the data matches,
the blood can be transfused. The system makes sure
that the patient receives the right type and amount
of blood. The data is also posted instantly in the
clinical process file and in the patient’s record.
Our services
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Strategic consulting
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Process and technology consulting
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Implementing the solution
Designing a solution that meets the hospital’s
requirements
Implementing suitable security measures (access
protection, data protection, etc.)
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Integrating the solution into the hospital
information system and testing it
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Commissioning and training
Benefits:
Better patient care and security. The solution
optimizes internal workflows while lowering costs.
Since the staff spends less time handling patient
information, they can spend more time on actual
patient care.
Additional customer benefits:
- Current, real-time patient information available
instantly
- Significantly less risk of confusion regarding the
patient’s identity and/or history
- Significant reduction of paper forms
- Easy-to-use, browser-based user interface
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