White Papers
Each month, RFID Journal receives numerous white paper submissions from outside experts. We read each paper carefully and select the most informative articles. Please note that we cannot guarantee the accuracy of facts or claims in these papers.
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Health Care white papers
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RFID Usage in the Patient-Care Environment
Published July 2008This study, authored by Barbara Christe, Elaine Cooney, Gregg Maggioli, Dustin Doty, Robert Frye and Jason Short, examines the effects of two common passive RFID antennas—near-field and far-field—and five general types of patient-care equipment in real-use scenarios. Data was collected regarding the function of the equipment within the antennas' RF fields, in situations resembling common use.
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From A to ZigBee: The Truth About Sensor Networks
Published June 2008Awarepoint explains how the ZigBee protocol can help enable a cost-effective, standards-based wireless networking solution for the health-care sector, supporting low data rates, low power consumption, security and reliability.
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Gators Gain with New RFID Solution
Published March 2008Intermec explains how the University of Florida's Animal Care Services Department is using RFID to track approximately 35,000 mice and 3,000 rats housed in over 11,000 cages, used in research studies to find cures for various diseases.
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RFID and Privacy: Guidance for Health-Care Providers
Published January 2008Dr. Ann Cavoukian, information and privacy commissioner of Ontario, and Hewlett-Packard's Victor Garcia explain what the health-care sector needs to know to understand the current and potential applications of RFID technology, its potential benefits, its privacy implications and steps that can be taken to mitigate potential threats to privacy.
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EPC Value Model for Health Care & Life Sciences
Published November 2005This white paper from EPCglobal US explains how EPC RFID technology can change the way HLS manufacturers, distributors and retailers work together.
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RFID Solutions for Delivering Efficient, High-Quality Healthcare
Published October 2005In the health-care industry, inefficient supply management, multiple proprietary systems and lack of standards have led to high operating costs and lowered care quality. Aventyn addresses these issues with its standards-based Clinical Information Processing Platform (CLIP).
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Liquid Pharmaceuticals and 915 MHz Radio Frequency Identification Systems
Published September 2005This white paper details a project initiated by Howard Bassen of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to evaluate the potential of certain 915 MHz RFID systems to heat temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals. The overall goal of this project was to evaluate the worst-case power deposition and heating of one or more vials of simulated insulin under extreme exposure conditions.
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Beyond Point of Care: Benefiting from Unit-of-Use Bar Code Traceability in the Life Sciences Supply Chain
Published August 2005Many benefits can be gained through process changes that take advantage of information available on unit-of-use labels with little incremental labeling or equipment costs. This white paper from Zebra Technologies presents an overview of the proposed FDA rule for unit-of-use bar code labeling scheduled to become mandatory in 2006.
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Patrient Safety Applications of Bar-Code and RFID Technologies
Published June 2005Despite the mounting evidence that medical errors are a persistent and growing problem throughout the U.S. health care industry, little has been done to reverse the trend. Nationwide, less than 25 percent of hospitals have even rudimentary technology to reduce errors. This white paper from Zebra Technologies examines how bar coding and RFID can help improve this growing dilemma.
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Radio Frequency Patient Monitoring
Published June 2005Today’s Emergency Department is faced with the unique challenge of meeting the safety needs of a higher-risk population while maintaining fiscal responsibility. The development of an RFID system deigned to work in this environment for the safety of patients and staff is the subject of this white paper, submitted by RFTechnologies.
