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3M Track and Trace Solutions Solutions for Healthcare Your Patients Trusted Solutions
Your trusted provider
Your doctors trust 3M for Littmann® stethoscopes. Your nurses trust 3M for Tegaderm™ products. Your administrators trust 3M for
healthcare documentation, funding and performance management solutions.
3M is a proven leader in the healthcare industry, from wound management to medical data management. Our expertise, experience
and unparalleled service let hospitals do what they do best: focus on patient care and safety.
Enhancing the business of patient care
3M is at the forefront of developing systems designed to address accurate identification, location and management surrounding a range
of high-value assets–mobile medical equipment to specimens–in the healthcare environment. Taking an enterprise-wide approach, 3M
delivers solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing systems to optimize revenue, enhance patient safety and help improve your
hospital’s operations.
Integrating technology isn’t anything new for 3M. Major companies across industries, along with government agencies, use 3M™ Track
and Trace Systems for the efficient and safe management of critical assets, inventory and records–to secure assets and rapidly locate
and retrieve vital information. Now, 3M has a portfolio unique to healthcare.
Asset, Patient and Specimen Surgical Instrumentation Records Management/File
Provider Tracking Management Tracking Tracking“At 3M, we’re committed to uncovering customer needs. By taking
the time to understand our clients, we deliver solutions that enable
our customers to deliver premium healthcare. ”
Lem Amen, Vice President, 3M Track and Trace Solutions
Strength in our history
Since 1972, 3M has been providing healthcare professionals and patients with innovative solutions that help make people’s
lives better. 3M Track and Trace Solutions builds upon this history by providing cutting-edge technology solutions to common
healthcare issues. By associating vital patient data with specific high-value assets, hospitals can realize improved operational
efficiencies, while delivering an enhanced quality of care and patient safety.
Breadth of our solutions
With strong experience in reliably tracking, protecting and managing assets and people, 3M Track and Trace Solutions blends
more than 100 years of knowledge and ingenuity into our technology portfolio. This portfolio has grown over the last two decades
to extend our market reach and to lead advancements in Automatic Identification (Auto ID) technologies.
Today, 3M Track and Trace Solutions has numerous patents covering Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology as well as
access to the following Auto ID protocols: Barcode, Low Frequency RFID, High Frequency RFID, Ultra High Frequency RFID, Active
RFID, RTLS and GPS. In addition to Auto ID, we deliver the software applications, drivers and interfaces that allow customers to
automate processes as part of their workflow, to generate a positive return on investment.
Please visit our website at www.3M.com/trackandtrace/healthcare for more information.
Secure Supply Pharmaceutical High-Value Asset
Chain Authentication Inventory ManagementFor every challenge, 3M is there
How can you do what’s best for the patient, while maintaining the health of your hospital’s operations and IT infrastructure?
3M addresses your financial and patient concerns, turning each into an opportunity for success.
Future technology now Seamless integration,
Imagine a Global Positioning System (GPS) in your hospital. Locate ease of deployment
mobile medical equipment, clinical files–every patient–immediately. Systems work when they make sense and are simple to deploy. 3M
What if you knew the location of every infusion pump in the hospital? incorporates Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) that can operate over
What if you could track a tissue sample from the point of collection to an enterprise’s existing Wi-Fi network.
the lab? Integrating 3M™ Track and Trace Systems keeps everything
within reach and within sight. Improved accuracy, increased safety
Tissue and specimen samples are tracked from collection to lab and
The path to better business are linked directly to patient data records. This process enhances a
Leveraging 3M’s Six Sigma philosophy, lean thinking, the change hospital’s ability to accurately manage these samples throughout the
acceptance process and workflow redesign, 3M is able to gain process transport process.
visibility and drive continuous improvement, resulting in a return on
investment. It’s called Business Process Optimization, and it’s how 3M Service beyond the sale
delivers superior customer value. You can trust 3M to deliver innovative solutions beyond implementation, from
hardware and software support, to complete, expert consultation services.
Secure Supply Pharmaceutical High-Value Asset
Chain Authentication Inventory ManagementIf it’s related to healthcare management, it’s tracked
From assets to procedures to specimens to supplies–associating 3M Track and Trace Solutions offers enterprise-wide applications:
patient data to high-value assets such as these is at the heart of • Asset, Patient and Provider Tracking
3M Track and Trace Systems.
™ • Specimen Management
Tracking tissue samples and connecting data from collection • Surgical Instrumentation Tracking
to the pathology lab enhances a hospital’s ability to manage • Records Management/File Tracking
specimens and aids physicians in delivering care to their patients. • Secure Supply Chain
• Pharmaceutical Authentication
Knowing the location of your hospital’s high-value assets helps ensure
• High-Value Asset Inventory Management
that the right patient is getting the right procedure, at the right time.
Location of medical files and other valuable inventory aids in efficient
and effective decisions and healthcare management.
Address surprises related to counterfeit pharmaceuticals, expired
medications or drug recalls when products are tracked and
managed through the whole supply chain–all the way to the point
of administration to an individual patient.
3M Track and Trace Systems are designed to help increase
efficiencies, enhance data communication and provide verification
of information.Creating
value
through
innovation
3M Track and Trace Solutions offers a broad range of diverse applications across the healthcare industry and beyond.
For more information on our integrated solutions, visit www.3M.com/trackandtrace/healthcare or call 1-800-554-9107.
We look forward to working with you.
About 3M–A Global, Diversified Technology Company
A recognized leader in research and development, 3M produces thousands of innovative products for dozens of diverse
markets. 3M’s core strength is applying its more than 40 distinct technology platforms–often in combination–to a wide
array of customer needs. With $24 billion in sales, 3M employs 75,000 people worldwide and has operations in more
than 60 countries. For more information, visit www.3M.com.
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