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May/June 2016

May/June 2016

COVER STORY

An IoT platform gathers data from multiple sources, puts it in context and disperses critical information in real time, improving patient care and internal processes.

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Features

COVER STORY
Spain’s Hospital de la Vega Gets Connected

An IoT platform gathers data from multiple sources, puts it in context and disperses critical information in real time, improving patient care and internal processes.

COVER STORY
Decathlon Scores a Big Win With RFID

The French sporting goods retailer is tracking most of its products from factories to more than 1,000 stores in 25 countries.

COVER STORY
Sensing New Opportunities

Phase IV Engineering's RFID Sensor Reader and Smartrac's Sensor Tadpole tag address end users' needs.

COVER STORY
London’s CityPoint Modernizes Building Security

An NFC solution automates access control for contractors, facilitates guard patrol and gives property managers insight into operations.

COVER STORY
A Healthy Partnership Solves Hospital Problems

TrackCore's Operating Room software integrated with Terso's RFID cabinets automates tissue and implant tracking, improving efficiencies, facilitating government compliance and boosting nurse satisfaction.

COVER STORY
RFID Gets to the Root of Surgical Services Problems

Florida Hospital uses real-time location data to understand why delays and bottlenecks occur, to improve OR performance and patient satisfaction.

COVER STORY
A Gem of a Solution

Golden Environmental Mat Services tracks one-ton mats, so they don't get lost in the mud on job sites or harm environmentally fragile terrain.

COVER STORY
Setting an Example

Pam Sweeney is a leader on Macy's RFID team, which is using the technology to become the world's first omnichannel retailer.

Columns

TUNED IN
Excuses, Excuses!

Retailers that claim RFID is "too difficult" are misinformed, reluctant to acknowledge inefficiencies in their stores or averse to change.

HEALTH-CARE BEAT
Cutting Human Bottlenecks

Before hospitals deploy an RFID solution to improve bed management, they must revise their patient-workflow process.

SOFTWARE SAVVY
Middleware Finds a Home

It's becoming easier to run middleware on fixed and handheld readers.

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EDITOR'S VIEW
The Awards 10 Years On

For a decade, the RFID Journal Awards have helped organizations in a variety of industries to understand how they can benefit from radio frequency identification technologies.

OUT IN FRONT
‘Invisible’ Antennas

A research student discovers a way to boost the performance of passive UHF RFID tags.

OUT IN FRONT
Sensors Could Eliminate Second Brain Surgeries

Researchers are developing RF devices that can monitor temperature and pressure in the cranial cavity and then be absorbed into the body.

PERSPECTIVE
LIVE! 2016 and the RFID Market

Demographic data on those who attended our 14th annual event suggests adoption is spreading internationally.

PERSPECTIVE
‘RFID Is Not a Project’

Macy's is educating everyone within its organization about the technology.

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