According to research firm Havoscope Black Markets, counterfeiting pharmaceutical drugs is the number one black market activity globally, costing the industry $200 billion annually. Argentinean pharmaceutical company Laboratorios Gador, who supplies medications to nearly 2.5 million patients each month through its distribution network, recently completed an RFID system pilot to evaluate the technology’s ability to […]

Available for free on iTunes, Versus announced that customers can now download the Versus Enterprise View Mobile application for their iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The Versus EVM app provides users access to patient, staff and equipment locations all on their mobile devices. The app is synced to the Versus Advantages real-time locating system and […]

The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has implemented AeroScout’s asset tracking and management solution at its London facilities. The real-time location system will use AeroScout’s Wi-Fi RFID tags to track and manage medical equipment such as specialized cots and infusion pumps. Working in conjunction with AeroScout’s MobileView software, staff members will be able to […]

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute located of Boston has selected Versus Advantages real-time locating system from Versus Technology. Versus Advantages will be implemented for real-time location of patients, staff and equipment as well as work flow automation throughout the clinics Yawkey Center. Versus Advantages combines rules-based viewing, reporting and automation software with infrared locating and RFID badge […]

GuardRFID Solutions is shipping its new one-year reusable umbilical tag for use with the TotGuard Infant Security system. TotGuard is an RFID-based locating system that is used to monitor newborn patients. It consists of small dual-tamper sensing tags that feature customizable alerts and alarms to provide enhanced infant security. They are also disposable to alleviate […]

Ekahau Inc. announced that the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas has selected the Ekahau real time location system to track more than 5,000 pieces of mobile equipment throughout the facility. For the medical center’s implementation the Ekahau system was integrated into Conexus’s Plexus Vision product, which offers a […]

PositiveID Corp. announced that in conjunction with RFID Solutions of Malaga, Spain it has completed the development of its RFID enabled temperature-sensing microchip. The RFID powered microchip is able to measure internal temperatures within the body and then communicate that temperature wirelessly to an external reader. PositiveID plans to integrate the temperature-sensing with its Wireless […]

GuardRFID announced that it has received factory certification of its Argus Active RFID platform from Lenel Systems International, a provider of electronic access control systems. As a member of the Lenel OpenAccess Alliance Program, GuardRFID can now offer interoperability between its Argus Platform and Lenel’s OnGuard security management software. As a result, this will enhance […]

Butler Health System, Pa. has partnered with Intelligent InSites to improve operational workflow and patient care by implementing the InSites Enterprise Visibility Platform, the Ekahau real-time location system and the Vocera communication system. The newly deployed platform collects location data of both patients and equipment, as they move throughout the hospital, utilizing Wi-Fi-based location tags […]

GAO RFID launched a high-frequency rugged handheld RFID reader/writer, model 243004, designed for any number of vertical markets including asset tracking and inventory management, event attendance or personnel access control, fleet maintenance, in the warehouse or on the hospital floor. The RFID reader/writer provides for the reading of tags in nearly any orientation and its […]