Many inventory inaccuracies exist in the retail world today. Most retailers have only about 65 percent accuracy into their inventory on a given day. Imagine trying to operate a business when one-third of the decisions you make are based in inaccurate data. Unfortunately, stockrooms at medical and research facilities are faced with problems very similar [...]
Healthcare providers are flocking to RFID in an effort to better track expensive inventories of drugs and vaccines. In an important development regarding the use of RFID with biologics, research conducted by several universities, including the Madison RFID Lab at the University of Wisconsin, has revealed that RFID is safe and suitable for use with [...]
This week we discovered another RFID use case that has resulted in savings of more than $1 million. Life sciences company Promega has saved more than $1.7 million by deploying RFID-enabled refrigerators and freezer solutions into its daily operations. Promega offers more than 2,000 products for use in a broad array of applications including basic [...]
Last week we wrote about how RFID temperature monitoring prevented a rare cancer drug from spoiling at a Rhode Island hospital. The drugs were valued at more than $500,000. This week, the Boston Globe reports that a freezer malfunction at a Massachusetts hospital has severely damaged one-third of the world’s largest collection of autism brain [...]
Lifespan, a health system of four hospitals in Rhode Island, has deployed an active RFID solution from AeroScout to track doctors, manage assets, and monitor the temperature of more than 600 assets like refrigerators and heating blankets. In February, Rhode Island Hospital conducted a pilot to track physicians as they traveled through the hospital. Six [...]
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) is deploying RFID technology to automate temperature monitoring at UPMC St. Margaret Hospital, and plans to roll out wireless temperature monitoring and asset tracking at most of the 15 U.S. hospitals it runs. When its new UPMC East hospital in Monroeville, Pa. opens next month, the 156-bed facility will [...]
Alliance Oncology was the first radiation oncology organization to integrate RFID technology into an oncology Electronic Medical Record (EMR) at their radiation treatment centers, offering patients a safer and more inviting clinic experience. Alliance chose Boston-based XECAN to develop this cutting edge solution, which is fully integrated with their EMR. This white paper looks at [...]
Joe Pleshek, the CEO of Terso Solutions, recently penned a column for WTN News about the increasing role RFID is playing in the healthcare and medical sectors. While growth is not nearly as strong as in the retail space, intriguing new use cases are expected to contribute to increased adoption in medical and healthcare. Here’s an excerpt from [...]
RFID usage is exploding in all industries. The technology has the ability to revolutionize the retail industry, manufacturers have real-time visibility into production facilities around the globe, and all kinds of social media apps are being developed that utilize RFID. But the biggest sweet spot for RFID lies in the medical and pharmaceutical sector. Sure, [...]
RFID can speed time to market for drugs by improving the accuracy of clinical trials
