<s>
A	O
patient	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
also	O
called	O
patient	B-Application
identification	I-Application
system	I-Application
)	O
allows	O
a	O
healthcare	O
provider	O
to	O
log	O
and	O
monitor	O
the	O
progress	O
of	O
a	O
person	O
through	O
the	O
provision	O
of	O
care	O
during	O
their	O
stay	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
systems	O
are	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
overall	O
information	O
system	O
and	O
may	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
person	O
's	O
electronic	B-Application
health	I-Application
record	I-Application
,	O
where	O
information	O
specific	O
to	O
the	O
person	O
is	O
stored	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
used	O
by	O
radiology	O
departments	O
to	O
track	O
patients	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
system	B-Application
storing	I-Application
medical	I-Application
images	I-Application
,	O
the	O
pathology	O
laboratory	B-Application
information	I-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
patient	O
check-in	O
and	O
check-out	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Increasingly	O
people	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
biopsies	O
and	O
associated	O
equipment	O
are	O
tagged	O
in	O
various	O
ways	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
with	O
radio-frequency	B-Application
identification	I-Application
tags	O
.	O
</s>
