TCM Introduces RFID-based Medicine-Dispensing System
The Southeast Asian RFID systems provider is offering Intelli-MDS to help health-care providers track pharmaceuticals and monitor dosages.
Aethon Adds RFID to Robotic Hospital Helpers
Designed to roam a facility and locate tagged assets, the Homer can also be used to retrieve and deliver them.
Summary of Baird RFID Monthly for May
Baird has released its May report. The 15-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry’s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report’s summary.
Highlights From the Fifth RFID Academic Convocation
At the fifth RFID Academic Convocation, held in conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! 2007, end users and researchers discussed issues that must be addressed to enhance RFID’s value in the health-care sector.
EPCglobal Hong Kong Wraps Two-Year, Multi-Company RFID Project
The undertaking tested several EPCglobal standards and involved four pilots tracking goods with RFID as they moved across countries and oceans.
RFID Pharma Cold Chain Monitoring Solution Launches
Logistics giant DHL, RTLS firm AeroScout, and vehicle tracking and fleet asset management solutions provider Microlise have together developed a cold chain solution to track and ensure regulatory compliance of pharmaceuticals as they travel through the supply chain.
China Embraces UHF
Allocation of the band for RFID is likely to lead to greater adoption of UHF RFID systems in the supply chain—if China adopts international standards.
WhereNet Debuts Bimodal 2.4 GHz Active RFID Tag
The new tag supports both Wi-Fi and ISO 24730 RTLS standards, to help companies more easily track assets throughout their organizations.
Research Requirements Emerge From RFID Academic Convocation
End users and researchers agreed on the research that must be done to support adoption of the EPCglobal Network.
It’s Not That Simple
Don’t blame the FDA for not imposing mandates to speed up RFID’s adoption in the pharmaceutical industry.