What Is the Difference Between an RFID Tag and an RFID Chip?

Please explain what each term means. Thanks. —Neeraja ——— Neeraja, “RFID tag” is a generic term for a functioning transponder. A tag, at minimum, includes a chip and an antenna mounted on a substrate. It can be in the form of a smart label that could have...

RFID News Roundup

HID Global expands its smart-card portfolio; ZeitControl announces RFID label with integrated microprocessor; new $95 million library in the United Kingdom features RFID; SAG announces RFID-enabled disposable wristband for security, access control and more.

Group Health Reinvents Patient Care With RTLS

Group Health Reinvents Patient Care With RTLS

The health-care provider’s new clinic, equipped with a CenTrak hybrid IR and active RFID system and Intelligent Insites software platform, eliminates the need for waiting rooms, lab visits and trips to the pharmacy.

Can RFID Monitor Patients’ Vital Signs?

How might we send a patient’s telemetry data to a server so that caretakers can monitor all patients at once? I would prefer to use Wi-Fi network transmission. —Shabana ——— Dear Shabana, It sounds like what you are referring to is telemedicine, in which patients...