Feb. 22, 2010—Radio frequency identification is gaining a foothold in the health-care sector, with a growing number of hospitals, medical centers and health-care companies using the technology for asset tracking, patient monitoring and other applications. RFID in Health Care—Dallas 2010, RFID Journal's fourth conference and exhibition for health-care professionals, was held on Jan. 28 at the Fairmont Hotel, in Dallas, Texas.

RFID in Health Care—Dallas educated attendees regarding how hospitals across North America are achieving benefits from using RFID technologies, by reducing medical errors and collecting information automatically. Such benefits include improving patient monitoring and safety, increasing asset utilization with real-time tracking, boosting revenue with automated billing, reducing errors by tracking medical devices and enhancing supply chain efficiencies.



During this one-day event, hospitals, health-care providers and other end users revealed how they utilize RFID and Electronic Product Code (EPC) technologies, and industry leaders offered insights to help attendees move from one-off applications to an infrastructure approach to RFID. Seventy-five attendees gathered to learn how they can benefit and gain a return on investment (ROI) from using RFID.

Speaker presentations from the event are now available (see the final page for downloading instructions).