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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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Health-Care Market Secrets
Published January 2012SATO America offers tips for how to break into the expanding health-care market, and discusses several products reflecting the range of automated data-collection and RFID applications in that sector. (4 pages)
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Track-and-Trace Solutions for the Health-care and Pharmaceutical Industries
Published December 2011Counterfeit medicine is a growing problem worldwide. Consumer and patient safety is crucially important within the health-care and pharmaceutical industries, as is the eroding bottom lines of many drug companies due to the infiltration of bogus medications into the supply chain. SATO America explains why track-and-trace solutions, including bar-coding and RFID technologies, should be implemented in order to ensure the integrity of pharmaceuticals moving from manufacturer to consumer, as well as improve productivity and profitability. (3 pages)
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RTLS-based Ubiquitous Health-Care Management System Design and Implementation
Published August 2011The U.S. health-care system, one of the most complex systems worldwide, has suffered from ineffective logistics management, patient safety concerns and escalating costs. Real-time location systems (RTLS) based on ubiquitous computing are a new application that will increase the visibility and operational efficiency of clinical and administrative workflow in the health-care setting. In this paper, Xiaoyu Ma, Kai Yang and Kimberly Brayley propose a hybrid framework to implement RTLS technology in hospitals, according to the theory of information system design theory, lean management and task-technology fit. (25 pages)
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Controlling Fraudulent and Quality-Impaired Medicine: An Awareness Model
Published May 2011The large amount of counterfeit drugs appearing in developing nations, as well as the exponentially rising emergence of fraudulent medicine in those countries, has motivated research into integrating advanced RFID instruments into the pharmaceutical industry. Eldar Sultanow, the CIO of XQS Service GmbH, discusses such research—which is working toward identifying and preventing counterfeit drugs from appearing on the market, and preserving the quality and security of pharmaceutical products—and outlines a comprehensive and safer model for medical lifecycles, utilizing radio frequency identification. (15 pages)
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RFID Technology in the Blood-Tracking Process
Published May 2011Unitech explores how a growing number of hospitals and blood centers are leveraging radio frequency identification solutions to enhance patient safety, improve efficiency and trim the costs associated with monitoring and tracking blood products. (4 pages)
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RFID in Oncology Clinics
Published November 2010XECAN's Bin Yang, Ph.D., and Alliance Oncology's Per Halvorsen examine the use of radio frequency identification to enhance the patient experience, increase safety and eliminate treatment errors. (14 pages)
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The Batteryless RFID Imperative in Health Care
Published July 2010Ravi Pappu, the co-founder and VP of ThingMagic's Advanced Development Group, explains why batteryless RFID is the most economical way to measure a large number of parameters in health-care settings; how batteryless RFID's low cost and complexity enable innovative patient-centric applications that would otherwise not be implemented; and why it often makes sense to implement batteryless RFID applications first. (8 pages)
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Methodologies for Sharply Reducing Hospital-acquired Infections
Published June 2010Dynamic RFID Solutions discusses the spread of hospital-acquired infections, and explains how to combat the problem by promoting good hand hygiene via an automated, interactive electronic monitoring system utilizing RFID and infrared technologies. (7 pages)
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The Novel Use of Information Technology in Military Medicine and Mass Casualty Situation Training
Published March 2010Jorma Jokela, a student at the University of Tampere, offers an academic dissertation on several novel information technologies, including short video clips, mobile medical information systems (IS) and RFID, which have become an essential part of education in the modern health-care field. In military medicine, there are special needs for novel technologies, especially when optimizing first aid and initial treatment in challenging field situations. Jokela's thesis studies the use of such technologies in the training of military medicine for mass-casualty scenarios. (126 pages)
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Pharmaceutical Shifts Toward UHF RFID for Savings
Published February 2009The global pharmaceutical industry dispenses more than $500 billion worth of prescription medications annually, with the distribution of regulated pharmaceuticals achieved through a complex supply chain involving thousands of trading partners who conduct business through multiple transaction levels. With this in mind, Alien Technology explores the benefits that can be derived from RFID technologies, such as stemming the influx of counterfeit drugs.
