-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Wired Wristbands in Hospitals Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:49:51 -0600 From: George Lessard <media@private> To: declan@private CC: politech@private Thought your [Politech] readers might be interested in this... George -- In Net-Gold@private, "David P. Dillard" <jwne@private> wrote: MEDICAL: HOSPITAL: CARE: That Wristband May be Wired: Or Where Did Jane Get to This Time California Hospital Prescribes Electronic Wristbands for Patients Date:5/19/2005 Source: Editer: Clicks: 6 [Perhaps Net-Gold can move these clicks up if we all band together] <http://www.etidc.net/Get/RFID/0551922303734622.htm> Valley Presbyterian Hospital, located in Van Nuys, California will begin piloting electronically coded wristbands for outpatient surgery patients this summer. According to the Los Angeles Daily News, the wristbands, which will store information on a microchip, could help reduce the risk of medical errors. The pilot program is expected to run several months, with the possibility of full implementation by 2005. The bands are produced by Precision Dynamics Corporation. From the LA Daily News: The information on the wristband is accessed through a small antenna, using radio frequency identifications technology. ---------------------------------------- page 58, page 103 Metropolitan Richmond Hospital Diversions: A Systems Analysis and Change Proposal University of Virginia Executive Masters Program, Cohort 2002 May 13, 2002 <http://www.sys.virginia.edu/sieds03/ proceed2003/proceedings/EM-Final-02.pdf> A shorter URL for the above link: <http://snipurl.com/h19n> 7.3.1 Bed Tracking System This alternative proposes to implement an online bed tracking system which would allow hospitals to maintain a real-time record of available beds. A bed tracking system has the potential for improving hospital efficiency, especially within the ED. The ability to track the number of beds open in each department as well as to forecast bed availability can greatly assist hospitals in serving their patients. Various aspects of such a system were considered. These include system boundaries (single or multiple hospital), system functions, operational policies and specific patient devices. A bed tracking system could be regional or limited to a single hospital. Participating institutions would need to develop and implement policies and procedures for collecting, maintaining, and disseminating bed information. The system should be monitored by an operator to ensure that it functions properly. The system would be updated continuously or, if not possible, periodically every few hours or even minutes. The system would include a bed availability forecast function. (The accuracy of this function could be greatly enhanced by creating a Discharge Unit as discussed in section 7.3.2.) If implemented regionally, bed availability forecasting would not only enhance the efficiency of the specific institution, but also the efficiency of the entire EMS and hospital system. An example of such efficiency is notifying the cleaning staff of pending bed clearances. This would aid management in maximizing effectiveness of staffing and scheduling decisions. Patients could wear devices such as electronic wristbands with a tracking mechanism. This tracking mechanism would trigger a taken / free notice about each bed. The mechanism could also track patient information such as medicine information and dosages. 7.3.1.1 Assumptions .. Hospital staff would require training in order to use system and make use of forecasts. 7.3.1.2 Trade-off Analysis Table 35 identifies the trade-offs associated with this alternative. ---------------------------------------- REMEMBER SARS? Taiwan Struggles With the SARS Virus By ANNIE HUANG Posted on: Thursday, 15 May 2003, 06:00 CDT Red Nova <http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=5255> The vast majority of the quarantined Taiwanese are in fine health. The quarantines apply not only to those returning from SARS-infected places but also to relatives and other close contacts of victims. Huang Chi-min, an Interior Ministry official, said video surveillance is better psychologically than electronic wrist bands, which might make some people feel like criminals under house arrest. "With video cameras, we can also check if people begin to have fevers or cough," Huang said. The cameras cannot check temperatures, but officials believe experienced health care workers can spot somebody who is frail and feverish just by looking at the screen. Quarantine violators are fined $1,700. ---------------------------------------- The address for this document has changed, but it still can be found at the Google Scholar HTML version URL which does not allow copy and paste without problems. Here is the URL for this document: <http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=cache:wSCOnapkv1gJ: library.osfsaintfrancis.org/PatientSafety/patsafjan2004.pdf+% 22electronic+wristbands%22+and+patients+> A shorter URL for the above link: http://snipurl.com/h1a0 Use edit / find and search wristbands to find the pertinent content in this document. ---------------------------------------- Risk Management in Health Care Institutions: A Strategic Approach by Robert L Dansby, Florence Kavaler, Allen D Spiegel - Medical - 2003 - 370 pages Page 305 - ... of Physiological Aging 305 Risks in Caring for Patients with Dementia Currently, ... Technology such as wristbands and satellite tracking Page 305 Title Risk Management in Health Care Institutions Author(s) Robert L Dansby, Florence Kavaler, Allen D Spiegel Publisher Jones and Bartlett Publishers Publication Date June 25, 2003 Subject Medical / Nursing Format Paperback Pages 370 Dimensions 7.16 x 8.86 x 0.94 in ISBN 0763723142 Page 305 ... of Physiological Aging 305 Risks in Caring for Patients with Dementia Currently, ... Technology such as wristbands and satellite tracking. ... ---------------------------------------- Creating Knowledge-Based Healthcare Organizations edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Jatinder N D Gupta, Sushil K Sharma Page 69 Title Creating Knowledge-Based Healthcare Organizations Editor(s) Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Jatinder N D Gupta, Sushil K Sharma Publisher Idea Group Inc (IGI) Publication Date August 2, 2004 Subject Medical / Nursing Format Hardcover Pages 368 Dimensions 7.16 x 10.36 x 1.03 in ISBN 1591404592 Pages 1 - 1 of 1 in book for "wristbands" and patients and tracking. (0.09 seconds) Page 69 Clinic was using bar codes on patient wristbands for use in patient identification. ... for a patient tracking system to facilitate hospital bed management. ... ---------------------------------------- The complete article may be read at the URL above. Below are a few articles with content related to this topic. Howanitz PJ. Renner SW. Walsh MK. Continuous wristband monitoring over 2 years decreases identification errors: a College of American Pathologists Q-Tracks Study. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 126(7):809-15, 2002 Jul. Magness, Debra C (ASCP); Taylor, Dawn M. MT (ASCP), QPOCTE; Held, Marilyn S. SpM, MT (ASCP) DLM Implementation of a Barcode System in Point of Care. Point of Care: The Journal of Near-Patient Testing & Technology. 2(3):201-204, September 2003. Renner SW. Howanitz PJ. Bachner P. Wristband identification error reporting in 712 hospitals. A College of American Pathologists' Q-Probes study of quality issues in transfusion practice. Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine. 117(6):573-7, 1993 Jun. ---------------------------------------- The last article perhaps underlines a value of electronic monitoring, could it perhaps reduce errors due to identification errors? If the coding on an electronic wristband brought up a photograph of the patient on a monitor, wrong banding should become instantly obvious. Google, Google Scholar and Google Print assisted in the finding of some of the content above. This lead was simply marvelous: RFID: Latest News and Resources at Technology Updates... on how manufacturers are embracing RFID tracking technology, but ... California Hospital Prescribes Electronic Wristbands for Patients Valley Presbyterian ... technology.updates.com/topic/06_04_2004_rfid.html - 36k - Supplemental Result - LEADS TO THIS MOST HELPFUL PAGE Technology Updates.com RFID News Added on December 31, 1969 No RFID News Added on December 31, 1969 One cannot win them all!!! 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