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Archive > October, 2009 Vol. X, No. 10

It's 9 a.m. Do You Know Where Your Patients Are?

Automatic electronic tracking systems keep tabs on your patients.

David Belson, PhD

More and more surgical facilities are discovering what FedEx has known for years: It's good to keep tabs on your moving targets, be they patients or packages. Just as there are benefits to using bar codes and radiofrequency identification chips to track shipments and follow the movement of merchandise, patient-tracking systems using this same technology can make it easier to manage and improve patient flow through your facility. Here's some of what you can expect from an electronic tracking system:

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