Using RFID To Improve Clinical

Documentation & The Patient Experience Peter Ragusa, MD, MPH

CEO of Better Day™ Health

Today’s Health IT Industry

Today’s Health IT Industry

90% Want Easy-To-Use Data Entry

“Nearly all US doctors (90%) say that better functioning and an

easy-to-use data entry system are important for improving the

quality of patient care through healthcare IT.”

Knowing Who, Where, When & Why

Automating Patient Check-in

RFID System Benefits

• Staff/Patient Location Tracking & Reporting

• Reduces Reception Desk Data Entry Errors

• Increases Staff Accountability & Efficiency

• Automates Inventory & Asset Management

• Facilitates Enterprise-Wide Transparency

• Protects Against Audits

Center for Orthopaedics

www.CenterForOrtho.com

Patient & Provider Location Tracking

RFID User Authentication & Login

Better Day™

EHR User Login

RFID Documentation Automation

Speech Engine

Converts & System

Processes Text

System Senses MD’s

Presence, Begins

Listening

Patient Encounter

Securely Streamed

via Headset

1

•Diagnoses Selected

2

•Treatment Plan & Billing Codes

Selected

3

•Documentation Reviewed & Sent to EHR

Clinical Documentation, Treatment Plans & Billing Codes

Automatically Completed

Provider Presented

with Most Likely

Diagnoses

MD Enters an Exam Room

With a Patient

Improving Workflow & Productivity

Numerous Use Cases

In-Building Identification – Temp or Permanent

In-Building Navigation

Automatic Appointment/Patient Selection

Workflow Tracking By Patient/Appointment Type

Face-to-Face Time Tracking

Asset Tracking & Management

Inventory Management & Automated Ordering

Supplement to Communications Platform

Improving Workflow & Productivity

Reduces Clicks, Increases Efficiency

Supplements 2-Factor Authentication

Eliminates Keyboard & Mouse PC Login Process

Protects Patient Privacy & Reduces Errors

Improves Patient Throughput

Maximizes Use of Patient’s Time in Clinic

Timestamps Who/Where/When & Time Spent

Plugs Into Current & Legacy IT Systems

RFID-Enabled Healthcare

What’s Next?

• Location-Aware, Context-Sensitive, Intelligent Mobile Computing

• Ambulatory Clinics, Surgical Centers & Hospitals

• Maximizing Value of Structured Data Within BDH

• Automated Inventory Awareness & Re-Ordering

• Lean Resource & Intelligent Shared Hardware Scheduling

• Layering Location-Aware Technologies

• Bluetooth Beacons & Mobile Phones

• Patient Able to Check In When They Arrive in Clinic Parking Lot

• Fingerprint/Biometrics & Voice Interaction

• Ability to Interact with Technology in a Completely Hands-Free Way

Questions & Discussion

Thank You!

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Peter Ragusa, MD, MPH

Better Day™ Health peter@BetterDayHealth.com

www.BetterDayHealth.com

@BetterDayHealth