A clinical study is underway at New York-based Nyack Hospital to evaluate the use of a telemonitoring system, eMedoline, which leverages RFID smart labels to monitor medication adherence in discharged heart failure patients. Medication packaging equipped with an RFID inlay collect and transmits medication data wirelessly by a patient’s phone in real time, and helps […]

Versus announced that Avera McKennann University Hospital is expanding its real-time locating system to the hospitals new surgery center, scheduled to open July 2010. Utilizing the Versus Advantages Clinic solution will enable Avera more efficient patient flow and communication to family members regarding patient status throughout the facility’s 28 private patient rooms and eight surgical […]

Alien Technology recently partnered with Barcelona, Spain-based integrator Aifos Solutions for the implementation of an ultra high frequency RFID based hemo-derivative blood bag tracking application at the Blood and Tissue Bank of Balearic Islands. The application included Alien’s ultra high frequency Squiggle inlay mounted on each of the plasma bags, with a reader/writer mounted above […]

ZoomaDog Technologies unveiled its new battery powered ultrahigh frequency Gen 2 RFID reader, the ZoomaDog ZD-5100 Coda module, which features 16 antenna ports and a built in GPRS cellular radio. The new reader is was introduced for the company’s ZD-Item Intelligence turnkey solution, one which provides centralized item-level inventory information on a hosted Web server […]

PositiveID announced that it has completed development of the initial prototype of its RF-based iGlucose system. The system consists of a small cradle that connects to any data-capable glucose meter to automatically communicate diabetic’s blood sugar readings to the iGlucose online database in real-time. This improves diabetes management and helps ensure patient compliance, data accuracy […]

Izzy’s Ice Cream Café in St. Paul, Minn. is utilizing RFID technology to give customers real-time updates on all the available flavors in its dipping cabinet, according to a Computerworld article. The store has more than 100 flavors to its name, but only serves 32 in its dipping cabinet at any one time. The dipping […]

Kalorama Information, an independent market researcher, suggests that there will be nearly a billion-dollar market for RFID in the health care industry. In its new report, “The Global Market for RFID in Health care,” Kalorama notes that RFID systems employed in health care settings may enable management to keep track of their staff’s compliance with […]