Stories of Success! Health IT's Impact on National Safety Goals & Priorities. Emphasizing the link between improvements in healthcare quality and patient safety and health IT - HIMSS and ASQ (American Society for Quality) announce the selection of 16 real-world and peer-reviewed case study submissions.

WaveMark customer, Mercy Medical Center is selected as a "Tier 1" applicant (the most informative submissions aligned with the Stories of Success! purpose), for their implementation of WaveMark CIMS and our use of RFID.

HIMSS Stories of Success, February, 2010.  From this page, click on the Case Studies tab at the top to read the case studies of all six Tier 1 winners. 

How RFID Freed Nurses from the Pain of Inventory Duties.   A case study written by Carol Humble, RN, Memorial Health Care System Cath Lab Inventory Manager, with an introduction by Scott Hardin, Director of Cardiovascular Services at Memorial Health Care System, Chattanooga, Tennessee

 Cath Lab Digest, December, 2009

RFID Cabinets Helps Saint Joseph's Buy in Bulk:  The Atlanta medical center is using a WaveMark solution to track its inventory of cardiac products, and their usage on patients. RFID Journal, December, 2009

Improved Inventory Management Can Lead to Big Savings in Cath Labs

Hospitals looking for immediate savings opportunities should take a look at the cardiac catheterization lab, where the use of a new inventory management tool can take a big bite out of high costs.

HFMA Healthcare Cost Containment, August, 2009

Tennessee Hospital Tracks High-Value Items
WaveMark's cabinets enable Memorial Hospital, in Chattanooga, to track thousands of implantable and surgical devices, and to ensure patients are properly billed for those items.
RFID Journal, August 5, 2009

ANSI Approves HIBCC Standard That Addresses RFID/Medical Device Safety Concerns
In ANSI/HIBC 4.0, HIBCC recommends that 13.56MHz High Frequency (HF) be adopted for healthcare item level tagging specifically because its smaller read range is less likely to result in EMI with medical devices. Note: WaveMark has always used the 13.56 MHz HF for tracking products.

Health Industry Business Communication Council, July 31, 2009

Collaboration in the Cath Lab
Partnering two systems at Florida Hospital provides improved inventory management and charge capture
Cath Lab Digest, April 2009

Flordia Hosptial to Use RFID to Track Implantable Cardiac Devices
The facility expects to lower costs and improve patient care, thanks to a solution combining WaveMark's 13.56 MHz passive RFID system with Lumedx billing software.
RFID Journal, December 3, 2008

WaveMark Annouces the Availability of WaveMark CIMS 2008
RFID Solutions Online, November 3, 2008

RFID In the Cath Lab: Real-time Inventory Management Supports Patient Safety
Cath Lab Digest, October, 2008

Cath Lab RFID Tracking Reaps Big ROI
Passive RFID helps instantly track thousands of items, active RFID can track patients through the perioperative process
Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology, September/October 2008

John Wass: Enough ROI for two partners to share the cost
WaveMark CEO John Wass explains how focusing on a specialty healthcare niche provides success in a tandem supply chain
RFID Switchboard, September 23, 2008

The Value of RFID in Cath Labs
Healthcare IT Value Digest, Issue 2, August 16-31, 2008

ev3 Uses RFID to Streamline Inventory
The medical device maker has realized important business benefits by employing RFID to track its stock of stents and other products used for treating vascular diseases.
RFID Journal, July 15, 2008

Overcoming Barriers to Cath Lab Inventory Control
As multifunctional cardiac catheterization labs see new cardiovascular products constantly arriving and old ones getting pushed to the back shelves, administrators need a well-organized storage space, as well as a sophisticated method for integrated inventory management to control costs and revenue.
Cardiovascular Business Magazine, July 1, 2008

Who Moved My Stent?
RFID technology helps hospitals keep track of medical devices, and could even save lives
The Boston Globe, June 9, 2008

Peers are a Valuable Resource to Assist Busy Labs in Evaluating Solutions
WaveMark CIMS customer, Teresa Waters from University Hospital shares her experience
Coronary Heart Magazine, March/April 2008

Should Hospitals Adopt RFID for Critical Supply Management?
WaveMark CIMS customer, Dan Scharbach shares his experience with RFID
Coronary Heart Magazine, January/February 2008

Inventory Management Upgrade: How One EP Lab Transitioned to WaveMark CIMS
The hospital identified a reduction of inventory of high-value items of 38% in the first month.
EP Lab Digest, January 2008

UMass Med Center Finds Big Savings Through Tagging
The hospital says it has trimmed thousands of dollars thanks to an RFID system that tracks its inventory
RFID Journal, November, 2007

Doing the Wave: Inventory Management with RFID
Cath Lab Digest, September, 2007

Managing Inventory with RFID Yields Financial and Operational Benefits
Controlling high-cost Cath Lab inventory
Healthcare Purchasing News, August, 2007

RFID - Getting to the Heart of the Matter
RFID-enabled cabinets help hospitals stay on top of inventory.
Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News Track & Trace, July 2007

Mercy Medical Tracks Cardiovascular Consumables
Mercy uses WaveMark to track inventory
RFID Journal, June, 2007

Using RFID for Cath Lab Inventory and Usage Data Capture
Cath Lab Digest, Oct. 2006

RFID: Performing a reliable cost-benefit analysis for RFID
Second in a multipart series
Healthcare Purchasing News, Nov. 2006

Economics fades black-and-white process to gray
Clinicians seeing more red than green as materials managers try to balance tech costs
Healthcare Purchasing News, Dec. 2006

Making a convincing business case for RFID
First in a multipart series
HealthCare Purchasing News, Oct. 2006

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