As the buzz around the potential for radio frequency identification (RFID) in healthcare increases, so do the questions related to its practicality and payback. Answers vary because RFID represents an array of technologies, each with its own requirements and value for healthcare.

Two automatic identification technologies, neither “new” in the sense of being recent developments, are vying for acceptance in the healthcare field.

The National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention (NCCMERP) defines a medication error as “…any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use…

This resource directory provides a listing of companies that offer barcoding and/or RFID technologies to healthcare clients.

This resource directory provides a listing of companies that offer barcoding and/or RFID technologies to healthcare clients.

Nurses and interns need high specificity alerts: if the alarms goes off, it’s likely to be significant. Residents and supervisors need high sensitivity alerts: the alarm catches events that, if ignored, could develop into a failure to rescue.

Driving forces including escalating healthcare costs, global economic competition, and various incentives provided by the federal government make consumer-directed healthcare (CDH) programs the newest and most promising approach to delivering higher quality and cost efficient healthcare.

PSQH recently talked with Jim Demetriades, CEO of SeeBeyond Technology Corporation, about efforts to create healthcare infrastructures that make patient medical records available across organizations, regions, and countries, both in the U.S. and internationally.

Wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) nurses provide improved outcomes for patients needing WOC care management. They add value (improved quality, access, satisfaction, and reduced cost) by…

Even though it is summertime, we are in the midst of dramatic developments forÝimproving patient safety.