KK Women's and Children's Hospital and Gleneagles Hospital use mother-infant-cot RFID tagging system to ensure correct identification of babies

联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao), news article in Chinese (extract, translated), October 8, 2013:

To avoid mistakes in matching mother and baby, KK Women's and Children's Hospital and Gleneagles have rolled out a three-way newborn identification system linking mother, baby, and cot.

This system has an added layer of identification, compared to other hospitals, because it ensures that babies will not be put in the wrong cot.

Singapore General Hospital started using a two-way system [mother-infant] in March 2013 and Thomson Medical Center, in February 2013 ...

Source:
杨萌 (Yang M). 母婴与婴儿床电子标签系统划一三重认证确保婴儿抱对 [in Chinese]. 联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao) 2013 October 8.

To view the full article in Chinese, please visit the following link:
http://www.nuh.com.sg/wbn/slot/u3007/Patients%20and%20Visitors/Newsroom/Media%20Articles/2013/OCT/081013_ZB.pdf

Singapore General Hospital's new bed management system shortens waiting time for beds

News articles (summary), September 2012:

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) implemented the world’s largest bed management system based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in May 2009. The system allows hospital staff to check patient status and search for suitable beds electronically in real time. With this system, the time from the moment a patient is charged to the moment his or her bed is ready for another patient has been reduced from 90 minutes to 50 minutes. Also, patients can now get admitted to the emergency department within 2 hours, instead of having to wait for up to 10 hours previously, and the number of bed transfers have dropped from 8% to 6% and the number of overflow cases, by 12%.

Sources:

1.    Huang C. Shorter waiting time for beds at SGH with new bed management system. Channel NewsAsia (Singapore) [Internet] 2010 September 21.

2.    Tan J. RFID cuts SGH’s bed crunch. Straits Times (Singapore) 2010 September 21: Breaking News [Internet].

3.    New bed management system. Shorter waiting time for bed at SGH. The New Paper (Singapore) 2010 September 22: 8.

URLs:

1.     http://news.xin.msn.com/en/singapore/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4348640

2.     http://www.sgh.com.sg/about-us/newsroom/News-Articles-Reports/Pages/ShorterwaitingtimeforbedsatSGH.aspx

Notes:
The integrated bed management system was jointly supplied by Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (USA) and Cadi Scientific (Singapore). Cadi Scientific integrated its RFID system with the Allscripts patient flow solution and then implemented the integrated system at Singapore General Hospital.

SingHealth's CIO recounts experience with implementation of automated bed management system

Enterprise Innovation (Internet), interview, September 28, 2011:

In this interview, SingHealth’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) recounted his experience with implementation of an automated bed management system at Singapore General Hospital (SGH). “… what the old system did not have is the visibility to the patent transfers done at the wards … We needed a way to automatically identify available beds and patients who are waiting to be discharged.  … We started tagging all patients with RFID to improve the process”, he said.

Source:

Chia E. SingHealth CIO follows healthcare IT calling. Enterprise Innovation [Internet] 2011 September 28.

URL:

http://enterpriseinnovation.net/article/singhealth-cio-follows-healthcare-it-calling

Note:

The bed management system was jointly supplied by Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (USA) and Cadi Scientific (Singapore). Cadi Scientific integrated its RFID system with the Allscripts patient flow solution and then implemented the integrated system at Singapore General Hospital.

Singapore General Hospital improves bed management with automated system

Hospital IT Europe, article (summary), summer 2010:

To better manage bed resources, Singapore General Hospital deployed the Eclipsys patient flow software in integration with wireless patient location tracking system from Cadi Scientific. The integrated system significantly improved operational efficiency in patient flow from admission to discharge. In particular, it reduced daily average overflow by 12%, the average time to find a bed from 15 minutes to 5 minutes, and the number of phone calls per bed request from 5 minutes to 2 minutes.

Source:
Benedict Tan. Smart solutions. Hospital IT Europe 2010, 3(2):17,19.

To view the full article, please click here: PDF

Singapore General Hospital named a winner for its automated patient flow system

Microsoft News Center, news release (extract), March 2, 2010:

Winner for Best Use of Clinical Records — Inpatient

Singapore General Hospital/Integrated Health Information Systems (SingHealth) selected Eclipsys Sunrise Patient Flow and CADI Scientific to couple its workflow‐based patient flow platform with radio frequency identification and real-time location system, optimizing and automating patient flow from the point of admission to the point of discharge. After completing the installation in only five months, SingHealth has seen improved clinical workflow, enhanced clinician and staff utilization, and an increase in patient safety.

To view the full news release, please visit the following link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2010/mar10/03-02hug10pr.aspx

SGH, CGH, and KKH evaluate the use of healthcare tools

Straits Times, news article (introduction), April 15, 2009:

Singapore General Hospital, Changi General Hospital, and KK Women's and Children's Hospital have been evaluating the use of several healthcare tools, namely, a bedside mobile workstation, a vital signs monitoring system, a mobile X-ray image retrieval system, a patient bedside terminal, and an electronic dental recording system.

Source:
Tan CY. Cool health-care tools. Straits Times (Singapore) 2009 April 15: Digital Life sect: 9.

To view the full article, please visit the following links:
https://www.sgh.com.sg/about-us/newsroom/News-Articles-Reports/2009/Pages/Coolhealth-caretools.aspx
https://www.singhealth.com.sg/AboutSingHealth/CorporateOverview/Newsroom/NewsArticles/2009/Pages/Ahealthydoseoftech.aspx

Note:
The bedside mobile workstation, contact tracing system and vital signs monitoring system were provided by Cadi Scientific, a Singapore company. The vital signs monitoring system uses wireless technology to transmit readings to a central server.

Trial at Singapore General Hospital uses wireless sensors to automatically monitor patients' temperature and locations

Straits Times, news articles (extract), February 28, 2006:

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is transforming the way doctors and nurses monitor patients’ temperatures and movements — reducing paperwork and the need of labour-intensive records.

In a $100,000 trial that began last Monday, patients in the orthopaedic ward are each tagged with 30mm diameter ThermoSensor disc to allow doctors and nurses to monitor their temperatures and locations anytime and anywhere on a personal digital assistant, a tablet PC or any of the hospital computers.

Source:
Lim D. Check SGH patient's temperature, location wirelessly with disc. Straits Times (Singapore) 2006 February 28: H5.