Mistake Proofing in Healthcare Using RFID (RFID Smart Labels Europe 2006)

David Morgan BSc, MB ChB, FRCS, FRCS Otol. is a Consultant Otolaryngologist and Skull Base Surgeon at Birmingham Heartlands and the Professorial Unit in Neurosurgery at University Hospital Trust. He qualified at Birmingham Medical School in 1981 and undertook surgical training in London, Boston, Sydney and Bombay. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer and is currently a Surgical Specialty Advisor to the National Patient Safety Agency, a faculty member on regional and national otology courses and a medico legal advisor to the NHS Executive. In 1999 he co-founded Medicdirect Ltd, a health information website. In 2003 he formed Intelligent Medical Microsystems Ltd following a 10 year University based research programme into the medical applications of expert computer systems. The company is embedded in Birmingham Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust R&D unit and was the first company to develop a tagging system to 'mistake proof' medical processes. He is also a main board member of Medilink - West Midlands and on the AIM health special interest group as well as NPfIT local implementation group.

The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) is a Special Health Authority created to co-ordinate the efforts of all those involved in healthcare, and more importantly to learn from, patient safety incidents occurring in the NHS.

 

 

 

From 1 April 2005, the NPSA's work also encompasses: safety aspects of hospital design, cleanliness and food (transferred from NHS Estates); ensuring research is carried out safely, through its responsibility for the Central Office for Research Ethics Committees (COREC); and is supporting local organisations in addressing their concerns about the performance of individual doctors and dentists, through its responsibility for the National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS), formerly known as the National Clinical Assessment Authority. It also manages the contracts with the three confidential enquiries. This responsibility has been transferred from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).