Patient Admission
Challenges: Without automation, ward nurses must hand write all patient information and input patient data into the hospital’s HIS system via a fixed computer, which wastes time and takes high labor costs. Illegible or inaccurate handwriting may result in medical errors. Solution: In-ward AdmissionWhen a patient arrives at the hospital for admission, medical staff registers […]
Medication Administration
ChallengesAt many hospitals, nurses and doctors still manually check if there is a discrepancy between the drugs received by the patient and the drug intended by the prescriber. This process can be time-consuming and error-prone. Solution Intelligent Identification When a patient is due for medication or infusion, a nurse visits the bedside, scans the patient barcode […]
Vital Sign Collection
ChallengesNurses handwrite patients’ vital signs first and then input those data into a computer, resulting in significant overhead, errors, and high costs. Besides, illegible or inaccurate handwriting may result in medical errors. Solution Vital Signs MeasurementHealthcare providers use equipment to measure patients’ body temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and breathing rate. Vital Signs Input Healthcare providers input those […]
Access Information
Challenges Caregivers do not have real-time access to the key patient information at bedside care. They have to check the data they need back at their office. If incidents occur, paper-based healthcare records lacks details to support staffing accountability. Solution Gain AccessCaregivers have to verify their fingerprints or log in the healthcare software on their Chainway […]
Pharmacy Management
Challenges: Manual dispensing verification can be time-consuming and error-prone; Manual dispensing record inaccuracy can result in inefficient inventory control; Lack of real-time dispensing data collection leads to lack of accountability. Solution: Intelligent Dispensing Verification Every medicine has a globally unique identifier (UI). The UI is carried by barcodes. Typically, pharmacists use PDA to scan the barcode […]
Specimen Collection
Challenges: From the collection of specimens at the patient’s bedside through testing in the lab to the delivery of the diagnosis, many of these steps are often performed manually, adding time and risking errors that can compromise patient safety. In addition, these errors add to mounting healthcare costs in the form of repeat tests and […]
Laboratory Management
Challenges: Recording and keeping every sample information and test result manually is time-consuming, error-prone and labor-intensive. Solution: Barcode LabelingLabeling lab samples with barcodes gives every sample a unique ID number, which enables lab technicians to verify every specimen when needed and automate the crosscheck process. A single technician now can perform a task that previously […]
Medical Equipment Management
Challenges: Many healthcare institutions track inventory and assets manually, which is susceptible to errors and labor-intensive.An asset’s real-time location and maintenance history cannot be recorded accurately.Assets may be misplaced and maintaining an audit trail on the movement of items is difficult to achieve. Solution: Label AffixingTag medical equipment with barcode or RFID labels for better […]
Medical Waste Management
Challenges: Waste management is a matter of concern to many hospitals. Some hospitals dump wastes illegally, which leaves high risks to both population and environment; while many others operate manually in waste classification and recording, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and error-prone. Solution: RFID Tags Identifying Medical WasteRFID tags provide precise information about the waste contained […]
Staff Communication
Challenges: Healthcare workers need to be continually sending and receiving information pertinent to patient care. Any inefficiency can delay clinical process. Solution: Voice CommunicationChainway mobile computer enables real-time voice communication in making phone calls or sending voice messages wirelessly (4G/Wi-Fi). Clinicians can reach or be reached by anyone in the facility, and can realize private […]