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Tergooi Hospital Uses RFID to Boost Efficiency The Dutch health-care provider is employing Wi-Fi-based active tags to track the locations of infusion pumps, and eventually EKG machines, in its surgery recovery and orthopedics wards.

Dutch Researchers Focus On RFID-Based Sensors for Monitoring Apnea, Epilepsy IMEC-Nederland's body-monitoring systems employ 2.45 GHz active RFID tags integrated with sensors to record and transmit data about a wearer's vital signs.

Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Implements RFID-Based Asset Tracking The New Jersey hospital expects to significantly reduce the time spent searching for equipment, as well as cut equipment rental and replacement costs and curtail the spread of infection.

Registration Open For RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 RFID Journal has announced that attendees can register online or by phone for its sixth annual conference and exhibition, being held April 16-18 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.

Handleman Finds RFID Yields Positive Results for Retailers and CPG Makers The product distributor is embarking on two upcoming Wal-Mart-related pilots, one involving a video game maker, the other a supplier of health and beauty products.

UMass Med Center Finds Big Savings Through Tagging The hospital says it has trimmed thousands of dollars thanks to an RFID system that tracks its inventory of cardiac stents, balloons, pacemakers and other cardiac devices.

Impinj Demos Mass Serialization of RFID Tags for Pharma The company says its Commissioning Station can encode dozens of UHF EPC Gen 2 tags after they've been affixed to items and packed into cases.

RFID Tracks Produce From Field to Fork A U.S. fruit and vegetable supplier is employing EPC tags and interrogators to track its products as they are harvested, processed and transported to retailers, and to trace them back to the source in the event of a recall.

Army Medical Center Looking to Boost Asset Awareness Walter Reed Army Medical Center is adopting a system that uses ZigBee-based RFID tags, rather than Wi-Fi access points, to keep better tabs on valuable assets.

N.J. Medical Center Uses LF Tags to Protect Patient Records Englewood Hospital requires staff to use RFID-enabled identity badges to access the institution's computers and applications.