rfid applications for healthcare

Malaysia healthcare

Government strategy

12 NKEAs

Building a health sciences education discipline cluster

Building a hospitality and tourism discipline cluster

Premium Health Education Cluster

Education

Creating a supportive ecosystem to grow clinical research

Reinvigorating health travel through better customer experience, proactive alliances and niche marketing

Developing a health metropolis: A world-class campus for healthcare and bioscience

Medical equipment supply chain orchestration

Medical equipment refurbishment hub

Medical furniture and hardware cluster etc.

Healthcare

Number of Hospitals in Malaysia

113

122

133

141

172

201

Yr2000

Yr2005

Yr2009

Public Private

Number of Hospital beds in Malaysia

29,842

31,438

35,745

9,828

10,682

11,841

Yr2000

Yr2005

Yr2009

Public Private

Number of Hospitals Providing General Surgery Services in Malaysia

60

63

70

86

104

118

Yr2000

Yr2005

Yr2009

Public Private

Number of Hospital Doctors in Malaysia

9,717

9,590

10,918

3,086

3,497

3,911

Yr2000

Yr2005

Yr2009

Public Private

Increasing yearly!!

Patients?

Number of Hospital Admissions in Malaysia, 2009

Public, 2,228,388

Private, 923,357

Number of Visits to Emergency & Trauma Departments in Malaysia, 2009

Public, 2,228,388

Private, 923,357

Public, 5,944,538

Private, 1,198,747

Medical services sufficient?

Waiting time for healthcare

Healthcare worker fatigue

Risk of medical malpractice

In the case of Japan…

Malpractice:

2,703cases

(Yr 2010)

Medical incident:

560,024cases

(Yr 2010)

RFID can be help!!

Major elements

• Require huge manual work

• Require huge amount of time

• Troublesome and confuse

• Risk-sensitive

RFID application areas

Patient management Patient registration card, Hospital chart, document management

Bedside management Medication, Patient check

Blood bag management

Linen management Bedclothes, Uniform, Hospital gown

Assets management Fixed assets, Mobile assets

Medical waste management

Pharmaceutical Control

Infant tracking

Surgical appliance control

Ambulance's equipment mgt.

Common benefits?

Visibility Individual information

Individual status, location

5W1H

Track & Trace Individual history

Analysis

Security

Work efficiency Increased productivity

Reduce human error

Optimize process

Environment Enhancement of energy

efficiency

Paperless operation

Waste reduction

Go to advanced medical environment

High reliability

High-quality medical service

Efficient medical service

Goal?

Reduce healthcare

worker’s burden

Improve of medical quality

Customer satisfaction

RFID market in the global healthcare

The market for RFID tags and systems in healthcare will rise rapidly from $94.6 million in 2009 to $1.43 billion in 2019.”

“

Dec. 2011

$157

$456

Yr 2010 Yr 2015

CAGR: 23.8% (million)

The global RFID market in health care was valued at

(million)

Top Three Fastest Growing RFID Economic Sectors Through 2008 (In Descending Order by CAGR)

No.1 Healthcare Services

No.2 Industrial / Manufacturing

No.3 Retail In-Store

RFID in Healthcare Industry 2010-2014

CAGR: 29%

Because… RFID provided high effect to healthcare