|
|
Hospitals play tag--RFID finds a niche in healthcare.
- Article from:
-
KMWorld
- Article date:
-
July 1, 2008
- Author:
- Raths, David
|
Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Information Today, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
Like most healthcare facilities, Washington Hospital Center (WHC, whcenter.org) in the nation's capital used to struggle with asset management: finding the right pieces of equipment when employees needed them. But two and a half years ago, WHC, one of the 25 largest hospitals in the country, sought to address that knowledge management problem by attaching radio frequency identification (RFID) system tags to equipment in order to track them online.
"By optimizing our management and redeployment of equipment, we can cut down on rental expense," explains David Roseman, the hospital's director of informatics solutions.
For instance, the hospital ...