As people age, elder care can be one of the toughest decisions you can make. You cannot seem to be there for your elderly all the time. You need to have someone to care for them. Caregivers are very important for elderly care. They are very much needed to provide professional and emotional care for them.When you choose a caregiver, it is very vital to choose someone with some good qualities. There are actually some qualities that even the best...more
It seems the future of healthcare is being pushed into the Personal Health Record (PHR)/Patient Portal realm fairly quickly, and why shouldn't it be? It helps patients stay engaged in their own care and become better informed. That in future will result in improving the national health.Better Understanding Patient Portal or Patient Healthcare Records (PHR) By: daniel ...more
Assisted living is more of a marketing term that is getting popular with each day. It is an attempt by the in home health care industry that offers these services to bring a disparate number of service providers under one roof.Assisted Living, also called residential care, is a type of living arrangement in which personal care services such as meals, housekeeping, transportation, and assistance with activities of daily living are available as needed per requirements of the consumer. Also an important aspect of the assisted living is to provide security, comfort and meaningful activities for residents. But unlike nursing homes, residents in assisted living remain independent, living on their own in a residential setting. Other assistance with activities of daily living may include help with bathing, dressing, toileting, diapering, medicating, helping with daily living decisions and moving from one place to another. The taxonomy of the term Assisted Living and what it is called in licensing regulations vary from state to state. One of the reasons many terms exist for similar facilities is that each state has its own licensing requirements. Regulations to govern these facilities are...more
A digital personal health record (PHR) is a computer-based software application that allows you to store a variety of personal health information including illnesses, hospitalizations, encounters (i.e. visits and communications), journal information in between doctor visits, medications, allergies, immunizations, surgeries, lab results, and family...more
A middle ground between independent living and nursing homes, assisted living homes aim to foster independence to residents who want to live alone, to maintain a sense of self. They offer a balance of residential living and help with day-to-day activities with the provision of medical and recreational services. If you are looking for an...more
The recently released ANSI/HIBCC 4.0 standard, created by the Health Industry Business Communications Council provides guidance for use of item/package level data formatting for product identification plus recommends high and low frequencies for individual passive RFID tags in hospitals and healthcare settings. Now healthcare systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers can use new systems that combine HF RFID with sensors.Besides the concern that improperly tuned passive UHF systems could interfere with sensitive equipment, 13.56 MHz High frequency (HF) RFID provides a secure proximity read ensuring 100% accuracy on reads that simply cant be achieved with active UHF. HF also provides superior performance on/around liquids and tissues. HF RFID ensures that matching tags to medical equipment and devices does not require complex anti-collision algorithms.However, besides monitoring of identification, healthcare applications and in particular, pharmaceuticals, sensors are used for monitoring of a variety of parameters like temperature, humidity, IR and shock for temperature sensitive materials and equipment. However, those sensors are either hardwired or add to...more
With todays continuously evolving and developing technology, it is not surprising that a lot of things have been made more organized and easier for most people. One good example is the way modern innovations have made medical systems way more...more
Medical Services on RFID Technology In recent years, the mobile computer technology has become increasingly mature. With the wide popularization of mobile terminals of cellphones, as well as the...more
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) started out as a military application. The same is true of many technological advances including cellular phones and GPS tracking. Even the first "general purpose" electronic computer was...more
A time comes in the life of elders when they find it hard to convince their likes and dislikes in the younger generation. They feel dejected and frustrated. This condition has prompted the need for such a place where adults will be treated with due...more
Doctors can spend a lot of their time reviewing medical records and submitting their charts about their patients. Most doctors and hospitals have moved on to digital records and imaging to take down accurate information. An enterprise data center can...more
The Emerging Technology called NFC or Near Field Communication is going to change the way phones and wireless in general work. Phones are taking an increasingly important role in our everyday lives and this function is going to further that...more