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RFID's use in hospital theatres

David Morgan, ENT surgeon at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, has been trialling tagging his patients with RFID tags for over a year. He speaks to E-Health Insider about the project, how it helps improve patient safety, how patients and clinicians react to the project and his plans for the future.

Contents

0:30 Introduction
1:00 How Morgan's interest in RFID started
1:35 Areas in which RFID is being used at Heartlands
1:55 How RFID can help in preventing misidentification of patients
2:30 Getting the idea from the retail industry
2:45 RFID reducing hospital patients' worries
3:15 How patients react to the tags
3:45 Cost of the tags
4:00 Expanding the project throughout the hospital sites
5:00 Reasons why RFID can be used in hosptitals
5:30 Increased productivity, using RFID with wireless networks
6:05 Morgan's work with the National Patient Safety Agency
6:55 RFID and patient safety
7:30 How RFID is being used in practice in Heartlands
8:00 Embedding tags in the patient wristband
8:15 Viewing electronic patient records on the server using the tag
8:30 Checking against the surgical records
8:45 Pre-surgical tests
9:05 Electronic operating lists
9:45 Getting a green light for patients for surgery
10:00 Tray tracking and future plans for the application
10:30 Conclusion  

(Music: Carl Leth)

Download Podcast: davidmorgan-rfidheartlands.mp3

Duration: 10:57

Length: 10516427