Rfidjournal.com Health Care RSS Feed http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/rssheadlines/vertical/7/ RFID Journal News en International Group Tests RFID for Food Safety to Hawaii http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9216/ The project is using radio frequency identification and GPS technologies to track the temperature and location of produce as it is shipped from Taiwan and California to Armstrong Produce, a food company in Honolulu. SencorpWhite Adds RFID to Medical Storage Unit http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9207/ The company's MicroVert secure device for dispensing high-value supplies, pharmaceuticals or blood now comes equipped with RFID, to automatically identify what is removed and returned, and to manage inventory. RTLS to Increase Patient Visibility Within Tallahassee Memorial's Surgical Suite http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9171/ The Florida hospital is expanding its existing AeroScout Wi-Fi-based RFID system to track patients entering and leaving its ORs, and to display data about each patient's status on a reader board. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Is "RFID-Ready" http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9125/ When the renowned cancer center deployed an asset-tracking system, it took an enterprise approach, paving the way for other applications. Children's Hospital Colorado to Expand Wireless Sensor System http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9123/ The hospital reports that TempSys' CheckPoint solution has already paid for itself "a couple of times over," by reducing the amount of labor required to track temperatures within blood coolers and other units. A New Approach to Pharmaceutical E-Pedigrees http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9115/ EPCIS can support chain-of-custody verification—without a cumbersome data burden. RFID: The Key to Safer, Fresher Produce http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9103/ An FDA mandate coupled with the proven benefits of temperature monitoring could drive adoption in a sector that's been slow to embrace the technology. Czech Oncology Center Uses Wi-Fi RTLS to Locate People, Equipment http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9085/ The system has enabled the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute to reduce the number of items lost, and is improving safety by allowing patients to transmit requests for help to employees assigned to their ward. RFID Journal LIVE! LatAm 2011 Report http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9020/ RFID Journal's second annual event for Latin America showcased leading end users presenting powerful educational case studies. View the presentations from the event. Medicarte Uses RFID and Biometrics to Reduce Counterfeiting http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/view/9065/ Passive HF tags identify expensive drugs dispensed to customers, ensuring that the empty packaging can not be reused by sellers of bogus pharmaceuticals.