Children's Hospital Cites Value Created by Deployment of Mobile Aspects RFID Technology

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2006--As published in the September issue of Congenital Cardiology Today, physicians at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital have seen an improvement in charge capture accuracy for medical devices and supplies due to the implementation of a clinical resource management system that leverages radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Developed by Mobile Aspects, Inc., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the cabinet-based system, called iRISupply(TM), is deployed in the cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology laboratories of the hospital to store, track, and manage the utilization of high cost items such as stents, catheters, and guidewires.

The article, written by pediatric cardiologist Dr. Ziyad Hijazi, highlights the improvements the organization has seen in capturing charges related to the utilization of devices and supplies for procedures treating atrial septal defects. By deploying the iRISupply solution, the organization has seen a 30% improvement in their ability to capture supply and device charges related to these procedures.

“Given the challenging financial environment within healthcare today, the deployment of the RFID-based technology has created significant ongoing value for the organization.”

"The iRISupply system has played an important role in our ability to increase the accuracy of our charge capture efforts," shared Dr. Hijazi. "Given the challenging financial environment within healthcare today, the deployment of the RFID-based technology has created significant ongoing value for the organization."

Mobile Aspects will be exhibiting iRISupply at the upcoming Pediatric and Adult Interventional Therapies for Congenital & Valvular Heart Disease (PICS) conference September 9-13 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Common benefits to medical device and supply management realized with utilization of the system include more accurate charge capture, improved security and retrieval of stored items, and enhanced management of product expiration and recall for time-sensitive products such as drug-eluting stents.

The IRISupply system is part of the Mobile Aspects One System of CARE(TM) solution, which uses identification and information technologies to automate processes for clinical resource management by healthcare providers. By automating the storage, tracking, utilization, and billing of clinical resources through RFID, healthcare providers realize enhanced care quality, increased productivity, accurate billing, and significant inventory cost savings.

About the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospitals

The University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital is designed to be at the forefront of pediatric care, providing a state-of-the-art, family-focused environment for all in-patient pediatric services at the University of Chicago Hospitals. The 365,000-square-foot, seven-story building is home to nationally recognized programs in cardiology, neurology, neonatology, transplantation and other medical and surgical specialties. It provides the optimal setting for the rapidly advancing technologies of pediatric medicine while offering children and their families greater control over their environment, incuding pullout sofa beds for parents and flat-screen TVs from which children can access on-demand movies, music, appropriate Web sites and e-mail, order food from a menu and have it delivered to the room.

About Mobile Aspects

Mobile Aspects, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pa., is a healthcare technology supplier focused on providing an integrated suite of clinical resource management solutions to automate the management of supply, asset, drug and patient tracking through the One System of CARE solution. The cornerstone of these technological capabilities is Intelligent Radio Frequency Inventory System (iRIS)(TM), the industry's leading patent-protected tracking architecture that leverages radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Through this innovative technology, clinicians and other care providers experience a hands free approach to managing the resources used in the patient care process.

Mobile Aspects can be found on the web at www.mobileaspects.com.