Smart Card Technology in Healthcare

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Implementation of New Technologies in Healthcare
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New Technologies

• Smart Card

• Bar Codes / RFID

• Wireless Communication
• - SMS
• - Mobile Device

• These Technologies enhance user benefits farther
  than the application software in healthcare.

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Smart Card Technology

• Cards with cryptographic capabilities
• 32 bit computer chips on cards
• Different memory sizes for our needs
• Combination cards with contact and contact
  less communications

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Major Concepts

• Card functions as part of the System
• Works with the networked data
• Network means Local and World Wide Network
  (Internet)
• Continuum with Essential data on card
• Many applications can be supported

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Roles for a Card

• Multiple roles including
• Visual Identification
• Electronic identification (Keys and certificates)
• Portable Data Carrier or Pointers to Data
• Two Card Present model - patient and doctor
  cards at the same time to access data located
  either on the card or on the network

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Why Use Cards In Healthcare ?

• Quicker and easier retrieval of Data (from a
• portable card or using card as key to data
  lookup)
• Deliver Better and Faster Service
• Decrease Paper Work and Administrative Costs
• Increased Patient Convenience
• Secure Access to On-line Data
• Enable secure communications
• Elimination of Data Entry Error

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Applications on a Healthcare Smart Card

• Patient Medical Identifier, visual ID,
• Administrative Data, Demographics for
• registration
• Specialty Medical Data Bases, Medication,
• Dialysis, Pregnancy History, Portions of
• Medical Record
• Emergency Data, Immunization History,
• Allergies, Treatment History
• Information carrier Prescriptions

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BAR CODES / RFID

• Bar codes.
• Radio Frequency ID Tags with bar
• codes.

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Application of Bar Codes and RFID tags in
Healthcare.

• Blood banks for unique identification of stock.
• Drug Administration.
• Central Sterile and stores department for
  managing Pick lists.
• Test administration and reagents inventory in
  Diagnostics Lab.
• Radiology and imageology.
• Equipment Maintenance.

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Role of Bar Codes and RFID

• Automated Data Capture (ADC), resulting in,
• Elimination of errors.
• Improved speed of Operation.
• Enhanced Safety and quality in healthcare.

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Wireless Communication.

• SMS
• Short message service
• Wireless Outdoor.
• Point to Point and Point to Multi point fixed
  line of sight communication in ISM band.
• Wireless Indoor with indoor roaming facility.
• 802.11x standard
• Blue tooth technology.
• Wireless Mobile.
• GSM and GPRS technologies for data and voice
  communication.

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SMS ( Short message service )

• Technology
• - work with GSM GPRS Technology
• Applications in healthcare
• - Trauma Care
• - Laboratory results
• - Appointment status

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Wireless - Technology

• ISM band (Industrial, Scientific and Medical
  band) covered by 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g and
  other 802.11x standards defined and adopted as
  well as evolving.
• Advantages over wired connectivity.
• Mobility and the resulting flexibility and
  convenience.
• Costs are comparable.
• Limitations.
• Speed. 11 Mbps implementation widespread.. 54
  MMbps gaining popularity. Not a limiting factor
  in current healthcare applications.

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Wireless In healthcare

• Out door wireless point to Point and Point to
  Multipoint
• Wireless connectivity between Buildings in a
  campus.
• Primary healthcare in rural areas for
  connectivity between district healthcare centre
  and primary healthcare units in the district..
• Connectivity between temporary outposts to
  primary healthcare centre.

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Wireless in Healthcare

• Wireless Indoor Benefits in healthcare.
• Doctor with handheld or laptop has freedom to
  move around the wards while being connected to
  the network.
• Bedside access to Medical records.
• Bedside diagnostics prescription and Patient
  discharge.
• Un-tethered mobility and access to privileged
  information helping in speed and efficiency.
• Bedside Tele-medicine.

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Wireless in Healthcare

• Wireless Mobile Communication.
• Technologies of GSM, SMS, GPRS for voice,
  messaging and data transfer.
• Ambulance Tracking and dispatch with or without
  GPS.
• Trauma care efficiency due to connectivity while
  the patient is being moved from the Trauma
  location to the Hospital.

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Summary

• Opportunities in administrative simplification,
  data transfer, improved security/ privacy,
  decreased fraud
• Secure access to medical data on the network
• Patient uses keys of smart card to control access
  to their record

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Summary

• The mentioned technologies help improve process
  efficiency by reducing errors and speed of
  operation.
• Wireless technology brings in the advantage of
  immediacy to operations management in healthcare.

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