IBM and Implanet, a manufacturer of implantable medical devices have teamed up to develop BeepN’Track, a new service that traces the movement of Implanet’s products–including knee and hip implants–across its supply chain to hospitals. The BeepN’Track service uses RFID to track medical devices from Implanet to hospitals. Prior to shipping, Implanet affixes an RFID tag […]

The Premier Health Alliance has just selected AeroScout’s RFID health care asset tracking solution as the exclusive solution for Premier’s 2,200 member hospitals and 63,000 health care sites. The AeroScout RFID solution, already used in hundreds of U.S. hospitals, provides visibility of assets, patients and staff throughout all hospital departments. AeroScout’s health care solutions include […]

New Zealand’s Ministry of Health is considering issuing a smart card that would offer subsidies for those on welfare to buy healthy food, according to the New Zealand Herald. The program would encourage consumption of healthy foods in low- and middle-income families with children to reduce New Zealand’s high rate of obesity. Health economist have […]

In a unique approach to deaf education, two members of Southeastern Louisiana University’s education faculty are using RFID technology to assist young children learning American Sign Language (ASL). Assistant professors Robert Hancock and Becky Sue Parton have received a $360,000 grant from the Department of Education to develop their “physical world hyperlinking” teaching system, a […]

SecureRF Corporation just announced that they have been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a secure passive RFID tag for the U.S. Pharmaceutical supply chain. Under Phase II, Secure RF will receive a $500,000 grant to develop and demonstrate an RFID tag designed […]

St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, Ind. has implemented a new system in its operating rooms that use RFID to track and locate surgical sponges during surgery. The RF Surgical Detection System uses a handheld scanning wand hooked up to a compact, self-calibrating console to read micro RFID tags embedded in surgical sponges, towels and […]

Panasonic Computer Solutions Company has just announced that its Toughbook H1 mobile clinical assistant (MCA) has been certified for use on the Verizon Wireless Network. The Toughbook H1 is a light weight mobile computer designed to give doctors instantaneous access to medical records via a broadband connection provided by Verizon. The H1 is suitable for […]