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Smart Medical Technologies Offers Hardware/Software RFID Information Management Systems; Tiny Chip Embedded Into Existing Medical/Laboratory Products, Expanding Storage and Securing Health

Posted on: Thursday, 10 August 2006, 12:01 CDT

Smart Medical Technologies, Inc. (SMT) presents radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions to the healthcare and analytical laboratory sectors. Targeted to hospitals, testing facilities, medical offices and research environments, SMT custom tailors smart solutions to blend seamlessly with current healthcare systems. The company's product lines encompass a hardware/software dynamic that embeds high capacity, 2.5 mm square RFID chips in commonly used medical or laboratory products, and in reliable communication with functional interface menus -- reducing errors, maintaining data integrity, streamlining tracking, improving the quality of healthcare.

Integration of RFID technology into healthcare/testing products boosts identification and storage capacities as compared to conventional bar-code based systems, which are prone to errors and read failures. Initial test products portraying the versatility of RFID systems include cryovials, test tubes, patient wristbands, blood and IV bags, adhesive labels, pharmaceutical bottles, and generic specimen containers. Each product is accompanied with its own read/write device able to passively power the chip and transmit information securely and in close contact, providing conformity to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

"Our RFID solutions provide patient/specimen data management, traceability, accountability, as well as the ability to reduce workload, all in an error free environment," says Jason Safabash, RFID Project Manager for SMT. "Our equipment is particularly well suited to high value, environmentally sensitive samples where information must stay safe, and remain close to the specimens at all times."

Smart Medical Technologies' software solutions complement the high capacity data storage capabilities provided by RFID, structured on a modular platform that is custom designed to meet the needs of laboratory and hospital information management systems. SMT's information architecture, e-TRIMS, or Electronic Test Request Information Management System, enables doctors to communicate with hospitals and laboratories to convey patient history and requested tests, all while binding the information directly to the sample. Information may be archived to a backend database, or transmitted to complementary LIMS and HIMS systems via messaging that conforms to the Health Level 7 (HL7) communications protocol.

SMT is committed as a solution provider to healthcare and analytical industries seeking more rapid and efficient methods of information processing, and is receptive to parties interested in creating developmental partnerships or trial studies with RFID.

About SMT

Smart Medical Technologies, Inc. is a medical device company developing new technologies in medical information management systems (MIMS). SMT uses the best practices in design, engineering and fabrication to develop products that deliver on the promise of true innovation in health care. Our products represent significant advancements in the use of emerging technologies to improve the economy, safety, quality, and delivery of medical products and services. More information about SMT is available at http://www.smartmedtech.com, or contact us as info@smartmedtech.com.

Source: Business Wire

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