RFIDNews | Geisinger gets a better view with Aethon's MedEx

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Using passive RFID technology, Geisinger Health System in Pa. is able to automatically generate an electronic chain of custody receipt, from the person sending to the person receiving.

With the aid of the MedEx system from Aethon, Geisinger has enabled real-time location and status of medication delivery, which allows them to improve the reliability and accountability of all medication deliveries.

When an item is placed in or removed from a TUG, an automated delivery device used to move supplies, a receipt is created indicating the person, location and date and time the event took place.

The system provides a secure, scheduled and on-demand distribution from the pharmacy to the nurses’ stations, thereby improved regulatory compliance, reducing medical errors and improving patient care.

UM Medical Center installs pharma track and trace system

Aethon announced recently that it’s automated tracking and chain-of-custody system - MedEx - is now operational at the University of Maryland Medical Center.

The MedEx System serves as enhancement to the TUG robot, also developed by Aethon, and allows hospital pharmacies to know the real-time location and status of medications throughout the facility. Combining passive RFID technology and biometrics capabilities built into the TUG secure carts, MedEx automatically creates an electronic chain-of-custody receipt including the person, location, and date/time indicating when an item is placed in and removed from the TUG.

Innovatum adds Web-based printing, reporting for pharmaceuticals

Innovatum Inc., a Sugar Hill, Ga.-baded provider of enterprise compliance software and services, has added label printing and audit log reporting to the growing suite of Web-based modules for its ROBAR Enterprise System, a bar code and RFID label system for designing, reviewing, approving and printing pharmaceutical and medical device labels.

RFID no panacea for prisons, says report

A new study finds there is no empirical evidence to validate claims about the use of RFID technology in the prison environment, according to Homeland Security Today.

VA Pittsburgh deploys SmartSponge to prevent medical mistakes

ClearCount Medical Solutions announced that the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System will help prevent retained surgical sponge incidents with the use of its SmartSponge System.

The FDA-cleared, SmartSponge System is part of ClearCount’s RFID-based platforms that enables organizations to both count and locate surgical sponges. The VA Pittsburgh hospital has implemented SmartSponge Systems into its full suite of operating rooms to improve efficiency and provide a safety net for human error.

ClearCount Medical Solutions obtains new financing

ClearCount Medical Solutions, a Pittsburgh-based provider of patient safety products for the operating room, has closed its $5 million series B financing round.

The company intends to use the funds to further research and development of its RFID-based solutions for operating rooms. ClearCount has already developed the first FDA-cleared sponge counting and detection solution.

Spanish blood bank saves time and improves safety with RFID

Spain’s Balearic Islands Blood and Tissue Bank is using a combination of Nordic ID hand held readers with an RFID system from Barcelona-based Aifo Solutions to track some 30,000 blood bags.

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Geisinger gets a better view with Aethon's MedEx