Providence Health Center Calls Its RFID System an ‘Eye-Opener’
The software has already helped the hospital uncover inefficient processes and better understand its staffing, patient and room needs.
Intel Announces UHF Reader Radio Chip
Intel has shrunk many of an interrogator’s critical components onto a single chip, which manufacturers can use to make more compact, power-efficient readers. Other chipmakers are also making reader chips.
Wall Street Journal Assesses RFID Risks and Rewards
The Wall Street Journal has published another story about RFID adoption. Appearing in Saturday’s edition, the full-page piece is likely to be perceived as more balanced than the damning , which ran a few weeks ago and elicited major pushback from the RFID industry.
Dow Corning Adds RFID to Production
By attaching tags to containers used in the production of lubricants, adhesives and other products, the company hopes to gain more visibility for its work-in-process.
Hyundai RFID-enabling Its Supply Chain
The automaker’s logistics affiliate will use EPC Gen 2 tags to track parts shipped to a factory in Montgomery, Ala.
FDA to Reveal RFID Test Results at Fifth RFID Academic Convocation
The Health Care and Life Sciences track will reveal the effects of RFID readers on implantable cardiac devices.
Simplifying RFID Implementations
A managed-services approach to RFID networks is another example of vendors making it easier for companies to deploy and leverage RFID technologies.
E-Pedigree’s Evolution
Recent legislative initiatives, technological advances and the financial benefits of electronic pedigrees have engendered a new willingness by pharmaceutical companies to utilize RFID in their battles against counterfeit drugs.
Hospital Using RTLS to Monitor Patients’ Conditions
A new system co-developed by AeroScout, Cisco Systems, and Emergin at the University Hospital of Ghent lets nurses use IP phones and the hospital’s WiFi network to receive RTLS location data plus patient blood pressure, electrocardiogram images, and other medical data collected by patient monitoring equipment.
Berliner Wasserbetriebe Gets RFID Tagging Project Flowing
The German utility, which provides drinking water and sewage services, expects the effort to simplify the inventory process for some 62,000 pieces of equipment at 17,000 locations.