When it comes to tracking technologies, hospitals are often advised to implement the tools systemwide to eliminate bottlenecks. But, that means hospitals are also waiting to implement these ...

A small FDA survey of nine hospitals found that the most popular use cases for RFID (radio frequency identification) technology are infusion pumps, portable monitors, wheelchairs, beds, and ...

Sharp HealthCare’s Chula Vista Medical Center trial of a real-time location system patient tracking program is improving the hospital’s patient management. RTLS, originally used by Chula Vista for ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — At University Hospitals, patients are using a wearable device that wirelessly transmits their heart rate and blood pressure to caregivers, even while walking around. UH is among the ...

Electronic health record alerts combined with targeted interventions reduced readmissions and hospital stays for high-risk metastatic cancer patients. The intervention included care coordination, ...

Hospitals’ incident reporting systems are missing about half of Medicare patient harm events and even more infrequently investigating those events or reporting them to the government, according to a ...

Greece has curbed waiting times for emergency services in its public hospitals by implementing an electronic system to track patients using bracelets. Health officials said the programme has changed ...

Patients seeking treatment at AAR Hospital are benefiting from enhanced safety, strengthened quality assurance systems, and improved clinical outcomes ...