When patients are released from Nyack Hospital, they are typically given one or more drug prescriptions that they must then fill and keep track of on their own. If a patient fails to take the medications as prescribed, he or she may end up back in the hospital. The medical center is addressing that problem with an automated solution that utilizes a mobile phone with an RFID interrogator, as well as tags attached to medication bottles, and a Web-based server that remotely manages an individual’s prescription regimen. In this session, hear how patients are provided with an RFID-enabled mobile phone that connects to the Web-based server. The patient also receives a package of RFID labels with the name of a prescription drug printed on the front. Each label’s embedded tag is encoded with an encrypted unique ID number corresponding with information the hospital has provided regarding that patient.
Speaker: Joseph Pinto, Director of Pharmacy, Nyack Hospital