AeroScout RTLS Helps The Valley Hospital's Staff Feel SaferThe Stanley Healthcare solution includes Wi-Fi RFID badges that nurses, physicians and other personnel can use to identify their locations and call for assistance.
Impinj Releases xSpan Reader for Tracking Flow of Items, PeopleThe latest in the company's family of gateway readers with built-in steerable-beam antennas, the xSpan has two-directional tracking capacity, and is smaller and less expensive than Impinj's xArray.
Accuride Brings RFID-enabled Access Control to DrawersBanks, hospitals and other companies are testing the firm's Senseon Secure Access system to restrict cabinet access to authorized parties.
RFID News RoundupThinfilm, Sarine partner to create NFC-enabled digital identities for diamonds ••• Invengo Technologies opens new facility in France ••• Global Tag intros Raptory RFID on-metal tag ••• Estimote launches 'video beacon' ••• Aspire fertility clinics adopt RFID ••• U.S. Army solicits information for parachute-tracking system.
'Proximity Button' Has a Beacon to Keep At-Risk Individuals From StrayingStartup Proximity Care is marketing a system that sounds an alert on a caregiver's phone if a dementia patient or child is wandering off.
RFID News RoundupOmni-ID releases extreme-temperature RFID tag ••• CSL licenses RFID patents from Round Rock Research ••• Schreiner ProTech intros high-temp-resistant RFID label for the auto industry ••• DHL SmartSensors track more than 100 million health-care, drug shipments ••• FleetCor completes acquisition of STP.
RFID Makes Managing Hospital Porters More EfficientThe system allows Manipal Hospital Bangalore's nurses to launch an automated search for available porters in their area, thereby reducing wait times and the need to place multiple phone calls.
Wireless Sensors Help Oyster Farmer Cope With Growing ThreatA new scientific study reinforces the need to find solutions to deal with the spread of Vibrio bacteria due to warmer sea temperatures.
Researchers Say RFID-Related Process Improvements Require Managerial CommitmentA three-university study finds that RFID-enabled hand-washing technology boosted hygiene compliance at hospitals by an average of 20 percent, but without sustained managerial support, those gains disappeared.
RFID News RoundupVizinex RFID releases Sentry UltraSlim 270 RFID tag ••• Global Tag intros Metally and Fibery RFID tags ••• Champion Healthcare Technologies, VueMed partner on medical device tracking ••• New version of RFID for the Supply Chain and Operations Professional available ••• New York & Company stores to use Shopkick app, beacons.
Sharp Chula Vista Uses RTLS to Locate Patients, Manage BedsThe San Diego hospital is using the technology to help employees find patients in real time, as well as alert housekeeping when a patient has been discharged, signaling that a bed is ready for cleaning.
Beacons, App Help Patients, Employees Navigate Huge Clinic The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center has launched an app that leverages data from beacons to guide patients and personnel around a 3-million-square-foot building.
U.S. Malls, Hospitals Use Senion's Beacon-based Solution A California hospital and a mall have installed the Swedish company's StepInside technology to track and analyze traffic patterns at their facilities; the software also enables them to share location-based content with app users.
RTLS Lifts Patient Satisfaction and Efficiency at Stanford Children's HealthThe clinic is using a real-time location system to identify the locations of patients, personnel and assets, to ensure that patients are treated quickly and staff members can find the items they seek, as well as their colleagues.
THINaër Launches Low-Cost Beacon-based RTLS Health-care and aerospace companies are already using the firm's solution to determine the locations and movements of items and individuals, and to analyze that data in terms of efficiency, maintenance or other factors.
