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RSSTracking: The Critical Link In Patient Safety
April 25, 2006
•White Paper: Patient Safety
Although information technology (IT) is applied to diverse vertical markets there are always common objectives. The ability to track people and assets is one common foundational objective. For example, the retail industry tracks products along the links of the supply chain and through their point of sale. The package delivery industry tracks parcels from point A to point B and every stop in between. As we apply information technology to healthcare applications we quickly see the emergence of this common tracking objective. In fact, it can be stated that the goal of tracking patients, medications and data is already playing a significant role in healthcare's evaluation and adoption of IT.
Tracking starts with capturing unique identification, a bar code for example, and ends with reliable access to data. The start and end of this tracking ecosystem is connected by reliable and secure communications. The resulting improvements in patient safety and reduced operating costs are specifically tied to the ability to apply these common tracking principles to the unique requirements of the hospital environment.
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