The single-use device, marketed as one-eighth the price of the average competitive tags for patient location, is designed to maximize comfort, safety and convenience across a patient’s length of stay. It can be slipped onto a patient’s ID wrist band and has a button that can be programmed according to the patient’s location.
Mike Dempsey, Radianse CEO, said that the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags facilitates patient location: This makes it faster to respond in situations such as when an ambulatory patient’s vital-signs monitor sends an alarm.
The new active-RFID location tags work with a Radianse IPS, transmitting continuous radio signals to Radianse receivers that plug into a hospital’s existing wired or wireless LAN without interfering with mission-critical clinical applications or devices.
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, has implemented Radianse IPS for patient location and to locate a volunteer sample of staff in the Operating Room of the Future (ORF). Patient location is being extended to the Department of Radiology to allow tracking of surgical patients who spend time in Radiology as part of their plan of care.
The hospital is now preparing to track equipment using a Radianse IPS and will evaluate the Radianse single-use tags for patient location.
