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RFID Applications in Healthcare

exponent Consulting Group22nd February 2011

Introduction

• Introduction to exponent– Who we are– Our business model

• Overview of RFID Technology– Principle of Operation– Components – Tags, Readers, Antennas, Software– Tag Classes, Properties & capabilities

• Healthcare Applications for RFID– Patient Tracking & Record Management– Medication & Inventory Management

• Partner Implementation & Management Model– Implementation - Project & Change Management Processes– Infrastructure Management– Service Provisioning

INTRODUCTION TO EXPONENT

Exponent Consulting Group

Introduction to exponent

• Management Consultancy Group based in Chicago, USA, specializing in:– RFID Storage– Cloud Network Storage Solutions

• Implementation expertise provided by our technical partners:– Entigral Systems (www.entigral.com)– Cleversafe (www.cleversafe.com)

• Employ a unique business model:– Partner with our clients– Share the risks of implementation– Provide an optional support and technology management role

Introduction to exponent

• Exponent recognizes the challenges of new technologies– Risks associated with implementation– Questionable ROIs– Continued technological expertise post-implementation

• Exponent addresses all these by adopting a “partner-model” as opposed to a typical “vendor-model”– Allows you to concentrate on your core expertise – Healthcare management– Allows us to focus on ours – RFID management

• Permits the greatest level of flexibility and comfort for our partners– Clients can acquire Infrastructure, Training, Maintenance and Support services– Clients can acquire Infrastructure while outsourcing Maintenance & Support– Clients can acquire an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) – with minimum CAPEX

RFID TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEWExponent Consulting Group

RFID Technology Overview

• Radio Frequency Identification

• Utilizes the principles of electromagnetic radio waves to transmit, interrogate and receive information from RFID tags:– Near Field Inductive Coupling– Far Field Backscatter Propagation

• The RFID tags are associated with assets and come in two flavours:– Active – have their own power source, capable of communicating directly– Passive – no internal power source, can only respond to a reader request

• This information can be processed to provide real time asset visibility:– Location/Proximity of Tag– ID of Tag, linked via system to asset details– Physical Status of Tag – temperature, humidity level etc.


• Any RFID system is composed of a set of discrete components:– Tags– Readers/Antennas – also known as Interrogators– Application Software & Middleware


• Tags are classified by EPC Global (an Industry Standards Body) and are known as Generation-2 or Gen-2 tags:

Active – Rewritable with adhoc network capability with all tag classesClass 5

Active – Rewritable with adhoc networking capability with other class 4 tags

Class 4

Semi-passive with integrated sensorsClass 3

Passive – Authenticated Access Control onlyClass 2

Passive – Read and Write Once onlyClass 1

Passive – Read onlyClass 0

• Can replace or be used in conjunction with barcodes:– Allows Item level tracking as opposed to class level– Can be processed at greater distances than a barcode– Supports bulk processing as opposed to single item scanning– Can store more information about the item– Allows information updates to be stored on the tags


• RFID Tag Structure & Applications– Can be implanted– Can be swallowed– Can be embedded– Can be pasted



• Readers are classified as being:– Hand Held– Fixed– Vehicle Mounted– Printer– Utility

•Antennas (which are also effectively readers) come in a variety of form factors but are configured as per tag functionality:


• Software is often needed at the middle tier to provide connectivity with Hospital legacy systems (patient records, pharmacy, inventory etc.): – Traxware– Other Entigral products

HEALTHCARE IMPLEMENTATION SCENARIOS


RFID in Healthcare - Scenarios

• Healthcare implementations of RFID revolve around high value asset tracking with minimal human involvement:– Patient Tracking

• Where are our patients spending most of their time?• How much time do they spend waiting to be served?• Where are the patient records?• Can reports, samples, tests all be reliably linked to the correct patient?

– Asset Tracking & Inventory Management• Where are our beds, wheelchairs, mobile medical equipment located right now?• Which items are missing and when did they go missing?• Which items are below the threshold level and need to be ordered?

– Medication Tracking• Which pharmaceuticals are located on each floor of my hospital?• Which of these drugs will expire within the next 6 months?• How much of each medicine is consumed on a daily basis?

PharmacyRadiologyLaboratory

Clinic

Data Center

Reception

RFID in Healthcare – Patient Tracking

RFID in Healthcare – Medicine Tracking

Supplier Hospital Store

Medicine Cabinet –

Ward 6

Receptacle Ward 6

Data Center

PARTNER IMPLEMENTATION & MANAGEMENT MODEL


Partner Implementation & Management Model

• Such a model necessitates a careful selection of partners

• With any new technology adoption comes “change”. This is always accompanied by “pain”

• Exponent needs to know if its partners can bear this “pain” for the greater good of the enterprise

• We thus proceed cautiously in a rational, staged manner maintaining the greatest level of transparency:– Conduct a thorough RFID Readiness Assessment – RRA– Conduct a detailed site survey to understand the scope of the project - RSS– Study and document the Business Process Reengineering required - RBPR

Partner Implementation & Management Model

• On review an acceptance of the findings of the RRA, RSS and RBPR, only then is a detailed Project & Change Management Plan – PCMP drawn up

• The PCMP always includes a staged introduction of the technology:– Begins with a pilot implementation– Proceeds to allow the pilot to be tested and stabilized– Allows for a pilot rebuild if acceptance criteria are not met– Proceeds to iterate on subsequent stage builds to finalize in complete solution