Eliminate Errors and Reduce Lab Costs with Mayo Clinic Co-Designed SolutionThe average error rate in pathology laboratories is close to 10%. That means one out of every ten tests has some sort of an error. This is because humans are manually tracking and moving lab samples. They are not adding any value to the healthcare system, in fact they are eroding value and deteriorating the quality of care because they can not be 100% efficient. According to one study published in the American Journal of Surgical Pathology the errors in the Pathology lab:
According to the study: "Labeling errors involved misidentification of patient or specimen source. Of the errors, 73% resulted in slides assigned to an incorrect patient. Most errors occurred in the gross room. Newer technologies such as...radio frequency chip methods may reduce the frequency of specimen labeling errors." RFID increases productivity and save lives in the labOne of our clients, a world's leading medical institution, decided to increase lab quality and dramatically improve productivity through RFID automation of the sample tracking.They teamed up with ODIN to create the first scalable, automated lab tracking solution and the results are nothing short of amazing. How RFID works in the labRFID pad readers are placed at key points along the specimen collection and delivery life cycle, attached to workstations operated by clinical staff. Tags attached to the bottom of sample bottles are read as clinical staff interact with the samples by placing them on an RFID pad reader to identify the samples and update their location and position in the workflow without ever having to read a sample with a barcode reader or with human readable text - the data collection happens automatically 100% of the time. The specimen data is captured off the RFID tag and transmitted to a back end database, and used to effectively identify, locate and track specimens throughout their lifecycle. Multiple specimens are associated with a patient and the RFID technology offers batching capability and status checkpoints to insure right specimen, right patient, right time, right place and right location.
RFID Specimen Tracking Reduces Costs and Increases AccuracyThe benefits a typical lab in four key areas:
ODIN's EasySpecimen has been proven to reduce error rates from industry averages of nearly 10% to under .002%. There is no other system in the world that offers 99.9% accuracy and a rapid return on investment. The return on investment (ROI) is also significant us RFID in the lab. In a typical lab that test approximately 100,000 specimens per year ODIN has realized cost savings of $1M annually with respect to paperless accessioning and more than $1M in savings as a result of the reduction of mislabeled specimens. EasySpecimen™ will help your lab realize a productivity gain that wills significantly impact your labs. Productivity gains in healthcare are an order of magnitude different than minor efficiency gains (such as a process step). This is evidenced by the $2m annual saving which is unattainable without RFID technology changing the game. If you evaluate critical investments in hospitals - robotic surgery, advanced diagnostics, cutting edge imagery, the trend is clear; 21st century technology drives real productivity gains and increases accuracy of diagnostics and patient care. Bar codes are 40 year old technology that have high error rates, a manual paper and pencil system is even worse. RFID is 21st century technology that is revolutionizing the lab environment. The single most impactful program a hospital CIO can investigate to make his or her hospital more competitive is an RFID Health Care Solution which automates "parasitic" roles robbing value and capital from a provider system. Bring your labs up to the latest in quality and productivity by talking to a Health Care RFID specialist at ODIN today. |
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