Exact Billing System In Cure And Care Thanks To Mobile Barcode Scanner smartSCANNDY

July 14, 2009 - PRLog -- All stakeholders in health care are under immense pressure to lower costs. To improve patient care while lowering costs is today’s challenge of health care managers. Swiss nursing homes and clinics, like the “Kurklinik EDEN AG” focus on mobile data collection, using the mobile barcode scanner smartSCANNDY of PANMOBIL and a special software developed by the Swiss company Z-Soft

This software solution for logging and billing patient services to Swiss health insurances is tested and proved successfully many times. By using the barcode scanner smartSCANNDY every treatment on patients is accurately recorded and billed. Each nurse is equipped with the smartSCANNDY and a plastic card on which the main activities are listed as an encrypted bar code. Even the examination rooms are equipped with barcode activity checklists so that  physician and laboratory services could accurately be recorded and assigned to a specific patient. Washing a patient, for example, the nurse simply scans the barcode of the patient and the bar code which stands for "patient wash”. This service is then saved by date, time and ID number of the used smartSCANNDY and can then be easily transmitted into the software to bill the service and to prove it to the patient and the authorities.  The exact logging, tracking and analysis of the work is affordable. Based on these facts, processes can be accelerated and made more efficient. Cost reductions and the improvement of  services to patients are possible thanks to the mobile data capture and real figures.

The immediate and mobile activity recording service minimizes the risk of forgotten and unbilled services.  The processes are more transparent which leads to time and cost savings.

“Our customers need a handy device, which is robust and easy to handle, even for users who do not have experiences in using software and computers. The smartSCANNDY has exceeded our requirements for a barcode scanner. For us the quality of smartSCANNDYs was crucial and as smartSCANNDYs can read both 1D, and 2 D bar code and RFID tags our clients are well prepared for the future " says Kurt Zundel of Z-soft Informatik.

Especially in the field of medicine service the RFID technology is becoming increasingly important. For example patients are exactly identified by an RFID tag bracelet. This minimizes the risk of treatment errors and improves the safety of the patient. "Through the combined RFID reader - and barcode scanner smartSCANNDY, our customers can also implement the RFID technology into their processes without investing in another mobile data collection device. Therefore we see smartSCANNDY as the ideal complement to our software solution which could also be integrated in ambulance services and mobile health care services.”  continued Mr. Zundel.

With the new PANMOBIL USB stick functionality for the SCANNDYfamily the transmitting of data is easy. By plugging in the smartSCANNDY to the USB-port of a computer, or other devices, the scanned data can directly be processed into Microsoft Excel, Word or other programs. The Data file is available for enterprise systems in the same way as any file on a hard disk or external storage device.  The USB stick function - the easiest way to transmit data - makes work more fail-safe and easily, a great help for the operating personnel.  
The smartSCANNDY is available in various versions, which can also transmit data via Bluetooth, USB COM, HID, USB Ethernet or Easy-Batch, i.e. synchronizing data automatically.
smartSCANNDY solves complex acquisition and transfer tasks and reducing the requirement profile of the operating staff, which in addition increase technical and commercial benefits. For more information on smartSCANNDY please visit the PANMOBIL website  www.panmobil.com

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About advanced PANMOBIL Systems GmbH & Co. KG
PANMOBIL is a leading manufacturer in the field of modular, compact mobile AutoID system components. The product range includes: Barcode Scanner (1D + 2D) and RFID (LF, HF and UHF Read/Writer) for easy operation, rugged use and low weight. PANMOBILs products, including the Panmobil Connectivity Packet (WiFi, Bluetooth, GPRS, 433MHz, USB or cable), allow data transfer to any platform without any additional cost.
Contact: Klaus Buntenkötter / Hansestr. 91 D-51149 Köln
Tel: +49 2203 10 334 777 E-Mail: k.buntenkoetter@panmobil.com
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