NFC stands for Near Field Communication. NFC is an open platform with the aim of using it for phones and mobile devices, for instant communication, that is, identification and validation of equipment/people and in the background for data transfer.
Its strength lies in the speed of communication and its uses are identification, the collection and exchange of information and the method of payment.
This technology can be used in the health sector, in the distribution of medicines in pharmacies or in hospitalized patients.
For example:
- In hospitalized patients there are experiences that reduce treatment supply errors.
- Complementary health information for people with hearing or visual disabilities.
- Home monitoring systems for patients, which will result in cost savings.
- Additional nutritional information on product labels.
- In the future, monitoring of adhesive transcutaneous sensors that could be read through this technology.
Some of the uses in which it is being developed are:
- Control of access to hospitals through wristbands, which verify and filter access.
- Control of nursing or cleaning rounds with an NFC tag: A useful tool for those who supervise staff, since it allows verifying that an activity has been carried out. Using NFC tags that, when scanned by hospital staff, verify that an event has taken place, the precision of this system makes it very useful for any management team and its supervision tasks.
- Identification of newborn babies: It is important that at the moment of their birth they are provided with a bracelet with NFC, as well as their relatives and avoid confusion.
- Control of medication intake and adherence to treatment by linking an intake file to the patient through NFC, and then verifying that the intakes are carried out correctly through a mobile application prepared for this purpose.
- Inventory control: in this case, an inventory of hospital objects is carried out and areas and locations are assigned to them. Example: A stretcher that belongs to the ER and appears in Intensive Care can easily be returned to its place of origin.
In the field of health, technological innovation is very receptive, and in this case, all areas where NFC technology can be applied and processes improved are being studied.
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