Lots of news on the healthcare-RFID front this morning … First, UPM Raflatac, a manufacturer of RFID tags and inlays, is supplying UHF EPC Generation 2 tags to Spain-based healthcare distributor MBA Grupo. Through its network, MBA distributes medical products related to orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, cardiovascular surgery and anaesthesia. The RFID project is led by […]

Great Falls, Va., company epcSolutions today announced a partnership agreement with Niceware to include the NiceLabel bar code or RFID smart label design and print software into RFIDTagManager. RFIDTagManager, a popular RFID compliance software for the current 600 WalMart suppliers, is capable of being set-up easily to print WalMart, DoD or Best Buy compliant labels […]

Identification, NFC, contactless and Japan will all be major focal points during the 22nd edition of CARTES, coming your way Nov. 15-17 in Paris at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre near Roissy Charles de Gaulle international airport. One of the major changes this year, according to CARTES Communication Director Hélène Tsounguy, is the coming of […]

KeyTone Technologies today announced the availability of its RFID Compliance Solution in collaboration with Zebra Technologies, designed to help U.S. Department of Defense suppliers to comply with their RFID mandate “KeyTone’s RFID Compliance Solution helps a company achieve these goals while reducing RFID implementation risk,” said Steve Park, vice president and general manager of RFID […]

The adoption of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996 has made managing and tracking patient information a top priority for health organizations. To help meet HIPAA compliance and improve efficiency, Capital Health System has implemented a file tracking system using a healthcare records management solution from Infolinx Systems Solutions and passive […]

By Jerry Banks and Les G. Thompson, co-authors of RFID Applied The design of the antennas used by RFID tags and RFID readers is one of the most critical pieces in RFID infrastructure. This is because the antennas facilitate the communication between an RFID reader and a tag through free space. Both the reader and […]

Alien, in partnership with Simet, today announced a 30 percent return on investment over the last ten months. The company’s EPC-compliant fabric roll tracking application at Griva S.p.A. in Torino, Italy, could set a trend for garment makers everywhere. Alien Technology® RFID Implementation Delivers 30% ROI to International Textile Manufacturer Simet, an RFID Integrator, Recently […]

Dulles, Va.-based RFID systems integrator ODIN Technologies this week completed a benchmark report based on the results of tests it performed on seven EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID interrogators, reports RFID Journal. The readers were certified by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to operate under current RF regulations in the European Union. For the […]

epcSolutions and A2BTracking Solutions have teamed up to offer webinars for RFID/UID solutions. The webinar offers a complete briefing on where UID and RFID came from and why it is important to the DoD. All terms, such as UID and RFID labeling, verification, validation and uploading to the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) and IUID Registry […]

NXP Semiconductors has established a Reference Design Center (RDC) with hopes of increasing demand for RFID technology. The center is located near Graz, Austria, and is used as a testing center for RFID systems under real-life conditions for various industries such as pharmaceutical, manufacturing and retail. Working in collaboration with key industry bodies such as […]