Australia’s Bendigo Health Improves Efficiency Through RFID
The regional health-care provider is using AeroScout Wi-Fi tags to track patients and monitor the temperatures of supplies, and will soon implement an RFID-enabled staff-safety solution.
The regional health-care provider is using AeroScout Wi-Fi tags to track patients and monitor the temperatures of supplies, and will soon implement an RFID-enabled staff-safety solution.
The organization claims RFID can be used to steal credit-card data, but no consumers have ever reported being ripped off in this manner.
Hospitals, factories, retail stores and other businesses are reducing labor forces in order to lower costs, leaving employees overstretched. RFID systems can automate routine tasks, so that workers can be more efficient.
2010 might have been a turning point for radio frequency identification, in that end users finally discovered the technology’s business benefits.
Vixia, a provider of material-management services to health-care organizations, is using a real-time location system to help manage equipment at the California medical facility.
Thousands of attendees at the 10-day STRP Festival used passive tags to record their reactions to dozens of interactive art installations, as well as share them on Facebook and Twitter.
The systems-integration and software company is clearly positioning itself to become a major player as the RFID market enters a period of more rapid growth.
Published by Mind Commerce: October 2010
Author: Tina Whitfield
46 Pages