Patient Care
System Tracks Location of Mobile Patients
A new patient tracking system uses infrared-light technology to transmit the ongoing, exact location of mobile patients in real-time via signals from a small badge worn by the patient to ceiling-mounted readers that transfer the data to a central server. More...21 Dec 2000
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