"The train for change in supply chain management is moving down the track. It would be wise to get on board now so collectively we can make major improvements for our customers - patients."
— Steven W. Huckabaa, Network VP of Supply Chain Management, Kettering Medical Center Network
"Right on target with the provider world"
— VP/Material & Facility Resources, St Alexius Medical Center
"Great Conference!"
— Geraldine Goodstone, Argony University
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Hospitals across North America are achieving real benefits—improved patient outcomes and/or a financial return on investment—from using RFID to track patients and assets, collect information automatically and reduce medical errors. In this pre-conference, you will learn about the way hospitals and health care providers are using RFID today as well as insights into how to move from one-off applications to an infrastructure approach to RFID.
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11:00 am -
11:30 am
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| This session is designed for all seminar attendees looking to gain the foundational knowledge of RFID and EPC technologies needed to engage vendors and begin developing a business case. The differences between the various classes of tags will be explained, including active and passive systems, and the need for additional IT systems to build upon RFID in real-world applications will be highlighted. The session will also include a brief overview of the EPCglobal network and ISO standards, as well as the major applications of the technology. |
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Harold Boeck
Professor of Marketing, Academic Founder of Academia RFID
Academia RFID
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11:30 am -
12:00 pm
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| Many hospitals are implementing one-off systems to achieve a specific aim, such as identifying patients or tracking particular asset types. While these systems can achieve significant benefits, implementing an RFID infrastructure that can be used to track patients, assets, surgical instruments requiring decontamination and other applications can profoundly improve a hospital's bottom line. |
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12:00 pm -
12:25 pm
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| RFID information technologies are transforming the health sector, enabling new efficiencies, improved services and enhanced patient care and safety. But what are the privacy implications of using RFID? Is it acceptable to tag and track patients? Do the benefits outweigh the costs? And is there a way to address privacy concerns and realize the benefits of RFID technology? This session will answer these and other critical questions. |
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Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D.
Information and Privacy Commissioner
Ontario, Canada
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Victor Garcia
Chief Technology Officer
Hewlett Packard Canada
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12:25 pm -
1:25 pm
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1:25 pm -
2:05 pm
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| Providence Portland Medical Center, a member of the Providence Health System in Portland, Oregon, has implemented RFID at the point of care to track high-value consumable devices. This has enabled the hospital to accurately capture and reconcile product usage at the point of care. The system helps staff quickly locate critical products needed for each case, ensure products are not over- or under-stocked, effectively rotate expiring products and efficiently manage product recalls. In this session, hear how the organization implemented the system, the challenges it faced and where it sees the technology's greatest future potential. |
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Dan Scharbach
Regional Director, Invasive Heart and Vascular Services
Providence Health System/Portland Service Area
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2:05 pm -
2:45 pm
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| Hospitals are faced with a dizzying array of choices when it comes to implementing an RFID asset-tracking system, including passive high-frequency (HF) and ultrahigh-frequency (UHF), active 455 MHz systems, Wi-Fi, Zigbee and ultrawide-band (UWB) systems. This session will explain the differences so you can determine the best choice for your hospital's needs. |
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2:45 pm -
3:45 pm
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3:45 pm -
4:25 pm
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| Numerous hospitals are using RFID to track a wide variety of assets within their facilities, to improve utilization, automatically schedule and manage routine maintenance, and enable care-givers to spend less time looking for assets. Learn how North Carolina's Wayne Memorial Hospital saved more than $300,000 in expenses, achieving a return on its investment within the first year. In addition, find out how tracking approximately 1,300 medical devices has improved efficiencies in such areas as nursing services and biomedical engineering. |
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4:25 pm -
5:00 pm
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| The FDA will soon begin issuing guidelines concerning Unique Identification (UID) systems for medical devices. Research indicates RFID technology offers a feasible and cost-effective approach to UIDs. In this session, hear how connecting all medical devices to hospital reporting systems via RFID technology not only helps control infection through medical devices, but also increases labor and supply-chain efficiencies in a closed-loop environment. |
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5:00 pm -
5:40 pm
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| HCA North Florida Division is expanding its RFID-based real-time location system (RTLS) used for a variety of applications, from asset tracking to patient monitoring. The organization consists of nine hospitals in northern Florida and eight in southern Georgia, and is combining active RFID with 2-D bar coding to improve patient care and safety, as well as hospital operations and workflow. |
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Dr. In Mun
VP of Research and Technology
HCA North Florida
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5:40 pm -
6:00 pm
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| RFID is an enabling technology that can be applied across many health-care applications. In this session, our panel discusses three real-world applications of the technology that can save health-care providers money, boost operating efficiencies, reduce liabilities and improve patient safety. |
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6:00 pm
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