12.04.2016
Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto relies on RFID in the OR area
A new level of patient care and providing of OR status reports with UHF readers from Feig ElectronicPlease read an article from "RFID & Wireless IoT Global".
At hospital, non-mobile in-patients spend most of their time in their rooms. An assignment to their patient files is easy, as long as they stay where they are. Out-patients, for example, getting chemotherapy in an Oncology Centre, or patients who need surgery, need to be clearly identified. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre based in Toronto, Canada, uses RFID technology to safely identify patients, avoid confusion and to optimise management processes. In an interview with ‘RFID im Blick’ Ellie Lee, Manager OR Information Management Services, explains how RFID improves communication with members of the patients family.