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In the US, the Heart Center at Columbus Children's Hospital is to implement an RFID-enabled inventory management system to store, track, and manage the utilisation of high-cost devices and supplies supporting congenital heart care.
Developed by Mobile Aspects, the iRISupply system uses an RFID tracking architecture to automate charge capture, inventory management, device expiration management, and other key operational processes within the patient care setting.
RFID cabinets
The heart centre will implement thirteen iRISupply cabinet units within its two specially designed Hybrid Cardiac Catheterization Suites to manage items such as stents, closure devices, specialised catheters, and guide wires that are commonly used to treat the complex congenital heart conditions seen at the hospital.
In using this RFID technology, the hospital seeks to efficiently and accurately automate device and supply utilisation processes without using manual approaches such as paper documentation, stickers, bar coding or button-pushing.
Patient interests at heart
"As a diagnostic, treatment, and research facility for congenital heart disease, it's a high priority for us to create streamlined patient care processes that lead to the best patient outcomes," explained John P. Cheatham, MD, director of cardiac catheterization & interventional therapy. "With the solution from Mobile Aspects, we will create an atmosphere of cost efficiency that will directly benefit our patients, as well as the hospital."
Implementation of the iRISupply system will begin in April 2007.
Sources: Mobile Aspects Inc.; Columbus Children's Hospital
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