SATO's UHF RFID direct thermal wristband is designed to be printed and encoded at a healthcare facility as a patient is admitted, for automatic identification from a distance of about 6 feet, or for ...

Once they revolutionised the weekly shop, but now barcodes are being used in hospitals to identify patients and so help to reduce medical errors and incorrect treatments. Traditionally, all ...

Japan’s Mie University Hospital and automatic-identification technology company SATO are testing SATO’s new ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID wristband to ensure its safety with patient-implantable ...

The Gibraltar/Rockwood Rotary Club will present an opportunity for Downriver residents to get on board with a program that will help save time in a medical emergency, and perhaps save lives. The ...

Hospitals are souping up patient ID wristbands with smart technology—and testing substitutes that get rid of the bracelet entirely.

Finding the perfect medical alert bracelet can be difficult, so we've researched and put together a list of the best options for whatever your situation may be.

New QR codes to be engraved on MedicAlert bracelets “will save lives” by giving clinicians and ambulance officers instant access to a patient’s medical records in an emergency.

A bar-code-based tracking system cuts medication errors at Veterans Health Administration hospitals, but it also turns the medical professionals who use it daily into "robo-nurses." By Michelle Delio.