Identive, WPG Americas launch NFC solution for transferring patient x-rays
12 March, 2012
category: NFC
WPG Americas and Identive Group have joined forces to develop an NFC solution that enables data from medical imaging devices, such as x-rays, to be transferred wirelessly to multiple exam room monitors throughout a health care provider’s office.
The solution uses Identive’s NFC tags, which are affixed to digital x-ray cameras, alongside software from WPG Americas that associates the images from the camera with the patient’s records. The NFC tag on the camera is simply tapped with one of Identive’s SCL3711 NFC readers to transmit the image and associate it with the appropriate patient record.
“By making it easier to transfer x-ray images from digital sensors to computer viewing monitors in multiple exam rooms, we can help doctors, dentists and other health care providers extend the value of this expensive equipment while ensuring the images are associated with the correct patient,” explained Dave Bowers, vice president of supplier marketing for WPG Americas.