Cadi Scientific

Cadi Scientific is a Singapore-based healthcare technology company focused on applying active radio-frequency identification (RFID) to hospital operations and patient care. Its systems are designed to automate functions that traditionally require repeated manual work, including measuring patients’ body temperatures, locating patients and mobile assets, managing bed-flow information, and verifying infant-to-mother or infant-to-cot matches. The company’s best-known platform is the Cadi SmartSense System. Its wireless temperature-monitoring configuration uses the ThermoSensor, a small, battery-powered sensor intended to measure body temperature in a hospital setting and transmit readings wirelessly. The approach is designed to reduce the amount of routine temperature-taking performed by nurses while creating a more continuous stream of clinical information. The SmartSense Wireless Temperature Monitoring System received medical CE certification and clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration, according to the cited reference material. Clinical trials and deployments were reported at institutions including Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Tuen Mun Hospital, and Union Hospital. Cadi Scientific also adapted its RFID technology for real-time location services. A two-in-one tag derived from the ThermoSensor platform was configured for both temperature measurement and patient-location tracking. Tan Tock Seng Hospital became an early large-scale deployment site: the system was operationally used for location tracking across its 1,200 inpatients in December 2006, and the hospital later expanded use to combine location tracking and wireless temperature monitoring for all inpatients from December 2008. Singapore General Hospital subsequently deployed a location-tracking configuration for approximately 1,600 inpatients in May 2009, integrating it with the Allscripts Patient Flow solution to support bed-management processes from admission through discharge. The technology was also used for centralized asset management at Sengkang General Hospital. Another application is infant-safety identification. Through active-RFID tag-to-tag communication, the Cadi SmartSense RFID Infant Safety system can support matching between an infant and mother, or between an infant and the correct cot. Reference material identifies early or notable deployments at Prince Court Medical Centre, Thomson Medical Centre, Bangkok Hospital, Singapore General Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, and Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong. The company’s systems have also been associated with wider hospital safety and operational workflows. At Singapore’s National Centre for Infectious Diseases, the technology was deployed for tracking people in support of contact tracing and hand-hygiene monitoring. Overall, Cadi Scientific is positioned as a specialist healthcare-infrastructure and hospital-automation provider rather than a general consumer electronics brand. Publicly available reference material does not establish its founding year, ownership structure, current corporate status, financial performance, or official website.

Cadi Scientific emerged as a Singapore-based healthcare technology company built around active RFID and wireless sensing. Its work addressed operational problems common in hospitals: repeated manual temperature checks, difficulty locating patients and mobile equipment, inefficient bed-flow processes, and the need to verify infant identities in maternity and neonatal settings. The company developed the ThermoSensor, a coin-sized, battery-powered temperature sensor intended to measure body temperature wirelessly in hospitals. The device became the foundation of the Cadi SmartSense Wireless Temperature Monitoring System. Rather than requiring nurses to take and record every reading manually, the system was designed to transmit measurements through an active-RFID infrastructure. Clinical trials were conducted at several hospitals, including Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Tuen Mun Hospital, and Union Hospital. The complete temperature-monitoring system obtained medical CE certification and United States FDA clearance, as reported in the available reference material. The same technology was subsequently adapted for real-time location tracking. Cadi Scientific customized the sensor into a two-in-one tag that could support both temperature monitoring and patient-location services. Tan Tock Seng Hospital was an early major implementation site. In December 2006, it operationally deployed the location-tracking system across all 1,200 inpatients. After a detailed clinical trial, the hospital expanded the deployment from December 2008 to combine location tracking with wireless temperature monitoring for its inpatient population. Cadi Scientific’s location technology was also used at Singapore General Hospital. In May 2009, the hospital deployed a location-tracking configuration across approximately 1,600 inpatients. Integration with the Allscripts Patient Flow solution was intended to improve the management of patient movement and beds from admission to discharge. A related real-time location system was deployed at Sengkang General Hospital for centralized management of hospital assets. A further development involved active-RFID tag-to-tag communication. This enabled the Cadi SmartSense RFID Infant Safety system to help confirm that the correct mother was matched with the correct baby and that the correct infant was placed in the intended cot. Reference material identifies deployments at hospitals and medical centers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand, including Prince Court Medical Centre, Thomson Medical Centre, Bangkok Hospital, Singapore General Hospital, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Gleneagles Hospital, and Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong. The technology was later applied to broader institutional safety workflows. At Singapore’s National Centre for Infectious Diseases, the system was used to track people for contact-tracing purposes and to support hand-hygiene monitoring. These applications illustrate the company’s evolution from a wireless temperature-monitoring specialist into a provider of integrated hospital sensing, identification, and workflow systems. The available reference material does not provide a confirmed founding date, ownership history, financial information, current leadership status beyond the listed board, or a verified official website. Consequently, the present operating status and corporate structure remain unspecified.

• 2009

  Singapore General Hospital deploys integrated location tracking

  [1]Cadi Scientificen.wikipedia.org

  Singapore General Hospital deployed the system for approximately 1,600 inpatients and integrated it with Allscripts Patient Flow for bed-management support.

• 2008

  Tan Tock Seng Hospital expands the platform

  [1]Cadi Scientificen.wikipedia.org

  The hospital extended use to combine wireless temperature monitoring and patient location tracking for all inpatients after a clinical trial.

• 2006

  Tan Tock Seng Hospital begins large-scale patient location tracking

  [1]Cadi Scientificen.wikipedia.org

  Tan Tock Seng Hospital operationally deployed Cadi Scientific’s active-RFID location-tracking system across approximately 1,200 inpatients.

A specialist healthcare technology provider using active RFID and wireless sensing to automate hospital monitoring, improve patient and asset visibility, and support safety-critical workflows.

• Wireless temperature sensor

  ThermoSensor

  A small, battery-powered active-RFID sensor designed to measure patients’ body temperatures in hospital environments and transmit readings wirelessly. It formed the hardware basis for Cadi Scientific’s temperature-monitoring and combined temperature/location solutions.

• Hospital temperature-monitoring system

  Cadi SmartSense Wireless Temperature Monitoring System

  A hospital system built around wireless sensing and active RFID to automate the collection of patient temperature readings. It was intended to reduce routine nursing workload and received medical CE certification and U.S. FDA clearance according to the cited reference.

• Real-time location system

  Cadi SmartSense Patient Location Tracking

  An active-RFID solution for locating inpatients in real time. Deployments supported hospital workflow visibility, bed-management processes, and integration with patient-flow software. Related configurations were also used for centralized asset management.

• Infant identification and safety system

  Cadi SmartSense RFID Infant Safety system

  An active-RFID system using tag-to-tag communication to verify mother-infant and infant-cot relationships, helping reduce the risk of incorrect matching in maternity and neonatal settings.

• 2009

  Integrate patient location tracking with hospital-flow softwareStrategy

  Background

  Singapore General Hospital used the location-tracking system to improve visibility of inpatient movement and bed utilization.

  Action taken

  The system was integrated with Allscripts Patient Flow and deployed for approximately 1,600 inpatients.

  Aftermath

  The deployment positioned the technology as an enterprise hospital workflow tool rather than only a patient-identification system.

  Source

• 2006

  Expand active RFID from sensing into patient location trackingStrategy

  Background

  Cadi Scientific adapted the ThermoSensor platform into a two-in-one tag that could support patient location tracking as well as temperature monitoring.

  Action taken

  The adapted system was operationally deployed at Tan Tock Seng Hospital across approximately 1,200 inpatients.

  Aftermath

  The deployment established a large-scale hospital use case for Cadi Scientific’s real-time location technology and preceded later combined monitoring deployments.

  Source

• 2009

  Singapore General Hospital deploys enterprise-wide patient location tracking[1]Cadi Scientificen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  Singapore General Hospital deployed the location-tracking system for approximately 1,600 inpatients and integrated it with Allscripts Patient Flow to support bed management.

• 2008

  Tan Tock Seng Hospital expands use to temperature monitoring and location tracking[1]Cadi Scientificen.wikipedia.org

  Product generation

  Following a clinical trial, Tan Tock Seng Hospital extended the system to support both wireless temperature monitoring and location tracking for its inpatients.

• 2006

  Tan Tock Seng Hospital deploys active-RFID patient location tracking[1]Cadi Scientificen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  The hospital operationally deployed Cadi Scientific’s location-tracking system across approximately 1,200 inpatients.

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