RFID helps hospitals keep patients safe by making sure they are identified correctly and by tracking them in real-time. RFID ...

Texas nurse fired after posting about patient's measles on anti-vaccination page She works at a Texas hospital where a toddler tested positive for measles.

We have identified two novel mutations of the CACT gene in a patient with CACT deficiency. The first, a deletion mutation (146 del T), leads to premature termination and results in a very immature ...

With all this in mind, we conducted a national survey to determine practice variations in the identification of DNR orders and the use of color-coded patient wristbands.

The use of color-coded wristbands was not limited to identification of DNR status. Fifty-five percent of hospitals (n = 31) use color-coded wristbands to indicate another piece of patient-related ...

May 11 2017 Patient-Centered Care Palm Readers, Creative Solutions Make Patient Identification Personal Safety concerns fuel the adoption and creation of technologies like palm-vein biometric scanners ...