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 history. The personal health record differs from an electronic medical record which is a similar...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 assisted living home for you or your dear one, then certain elements require serious consideration...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
When senior citizens find that they have a harder time doing daily activities and functioning in everyday life, they may consider the option of utilizing some kind of long-term care. There are many different ways that senior citizens and those coordinating their elder care can seek assistance without creating a financial burden. Though some options...more
The advances in the technology and pharmaceutical products have resulted in a lot of innovations in the healthcare industry. New medicines are being developed in order to treat, manage and prevent many diseases and aging conditions of baby boomer population. Based on molecular and genetic tests new medical treatments and discoveries are...more
For many in their senior years, moving to live in a nursing home is the best thing they can do to maintain their quality of life. There's really no substitute for having around the clock professional care in a caring home, especially if there are serious health issues involved. But it's not always easy to find a nursing home that offers everything you need.If you or your family have decided that moving to a nursing home is the best option for you, here's a checklist you can use to determine whether the facilities at the care home are all you need for a happy and comfortable life.The first thing you should be concerned about is mobility. This is especially true if you have difficulty getting around and need a walker or wheelchair.So the first thing you should determine is whether accommodation is available on the ground floor of the premises. Living on the ground floor will go a long way towards making you life comfortable at the nursing home. Otherwise you have to consider the number and location of lifts on the premises. Spending a long time waiting for lifts or finding them always full can be very frustrating, not to say dangerous, for older people who might have emergency...more
As new generation NFC tag readers have been introduced to help NFC system, NFC events are emerging continually, such as Mass Transit , Access Control, Contactless Automatic Fare Collection Programs for Music Concerts, Conference and Sports. By...more
As RFID NFC technology has made its way into NFC Tags and RFID Tags in the world and Both NFC tags and RFID tags are rather prevalent, many people can experience the big wave of NFC Tags and RFID Tags by getting in touch with them in the market. In...more
Looking for ways toreduce cost and improve accuracy in supplying drugs on their hospitals crash carts, The University of Maryland Medical Center has jumped into using radio frequency identification or RFID.The University of Maryland Medical Center...more
The technology of deploying mobile and related applications in providing easy healthcare facilities is called as mHealth or mobile health. The main feature of this technology hybrid is that it allows a practitioner to contribute to health services...more
Information technology (IT) aims to empower its users through rapid deployment of systematic data. IT has influenced several industries around the world by introducing novel work ethics, which has affected trillions of lives around the globe. With US...more
When you are struggling with parents who are aging and having medical ailments, it may be time to look into adult home care or specific elder care programs such as Bethesda Home care. If you are serious about considering elder care for aging parents,...more