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ASD Healthcare Deploys RFID Refrigerated Drug Cabinets More than 50 hospitals are using the units, which monitor the quantity and temperature of refrigerated medicines that ASD provides on consignment.

HCA North Florida Expands Its RTLS to Track Patients The hospital group, having already deployed active RFID to monitor the whereabouts of movable assets, will use the technology to keep tabs on its patients.

Local Hospital Spearheads Mexico's Digital-Hospital Initiative The health-care facility, located in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, is installing a Wi-Fi-based RFID system to track patients, staff and assets, as well as improve patient care.

USDA Approves Implantable RFID Tag to Track Horses The passive tag is now more aligned with international requirements for tracking animals, and is designed to help the agency's National Animal Identification System keep tabs on disease outbreaks.

Microsoft to Showcase RFID-Enabled Applications at EPC Connection 2007 The software giant and its partners will demonstrate several ready-to-deploy, RFID-enabled applications at the conference, to be held Oct. 2-4, in Chicago.

Gentag to Commercialize Super RFID Technology Until now, the long-range real-time location system has been utilized solely by the military, but Gentag hopes to develop the tag for use in the private sector, to pinpoint people and objects up to 12 miles away.

VeriChip Defends the Safety of Implanted RFID Tags There is no evidence, the company maintains, to support the notion that implanting RFID chips in animals or humans causes tumors.

BloodCenter of Wisconsin to Study RFID's Effect on Blood The testing will be part of an ongoing initiative to develop RFID standards for labeling and tracking the blood supply chain, from donor to patient.

Dutch Agency Employs RFID to Track Social Services Werk aan de Wijk is using NFC-enabled cell phones and 13.56 MHz RFID cards to dispense aid and receive payment for it.

RF Technologies, OSI Integrate RFID-Generated Alerts With Telephony A single IP handset can receive alerts emitted by RFID devices, as well as fire and smoke detectors, and can also be used to receive and place phone calls.