RFID technology continues to find unique use cases in the hospital environment. One of the most recent developments relies on an RFID-enabled iPad to verify the inspection process for radiation apparel like vests and aprons. After a successful pilot last year at the Bon Secours Health System in Virginia, Burlington Medical Supplies began to embed [...]
With an eye on increased efficiencies and eliminating counterfeits, book publishers are getting a strong read from RFID technology. This video produced by SATO America explains the top three ways that book publishers benefit from embedding RFID tags into the covers of paperback and hard cover books. Dennis Dehainaut, vice president of sales at BindTech, [...]
New research from the Department of Health and Human Services suggests that healthcare providers routinely store vaccines at improper temperatures, potentially rendering them useless and placing children at risk. Operating without enhanced technology such as RFID-enabled refrigerators and freezers, 76 percent of the clinics visited by the DHHS stored vaccines at temperatures that were either [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The humanitarian benefits of deploying RFID have been making headlines over the last 12 months. While the inventory accuracy gains enjoyed by retailers from deploying RFID are breathtaking, they take a back seat when it comes to the technology’s ability to save lives. From solutions designed to monitor drugs given to cancer patients to tagging [...]
Day two of RFID Live featured more innovation and spectacular use cases for the technology. It’s clear that RFID is becoming much more than an enabling technology to increase sales and manufacturing efficiencies. RFID is also about saving lives. During my visit today with Chris Warner at the Motorola booth, we were joined by Mike [...]
RFID has been used for years to track vital documents like court papers and financial records. It is well documented that the Florida State Attorney General’s office tracks more than 18,000 case files with RFID. This month document storage firm Recall processed its 100 millionth box at its warehouse facility in North Carolina. Fittingly, the [...]
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 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, [...]
