Interactive Health Technologies, an Austin, Texas-based provider of digital fitness systems, has added NFC technology from Sony to its Spirit System school fitness program. Now available to schools across America, Spirit System enables schools to track students’ physical activity and fitness progress through NFC-enabled Spirit Heart Rate Monitor devices equipped with Sony NFC Dynamic Tag […]

A project conceived of by researchers from RMIT University that intends to link infant footprint records to vaccination records has received a grant from the Grand Challenges Explorations initiative, a part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, according to an Asian Scientist article. The project, which will be piloted in developing countries, has been […]

Ekahau announced it has joined the Juniper Networks Technology Alliance program as a foundation partner. The Ekahau RTLS system will leverage Juniper’s wireless networks to derive real-time location, status and other information about Ekahau Wi-Fi tags without requiring any proprietary sensors or readers. Juniper’s family of wireless local area network (WLAN) controllers and access points […]

Intelligent InSites has incorporated Pentaho Corporation’s business analytics into its platform in an effort to automate real-time location systems (RTLS) data analysis and provide enhanced business intelligence tools for health care providers. The platform helps hospitals to manage their patient flow by tracking patients’ progress from admission to discharge. And with the addition of Pentaho, […]

Ortho-tag has announced that it will provide the University of Pittsburgh with Transcutaneous Near Field Communication (TNFC) technology in “smart” medical devices for orthopedic implants. The TNFC solution involves affixing an NFC-enabled “Orthotag” to a patient’s orthopedic implant, thus enabling surgeons to quickly receive vital information about the implant using an Ortho-tag Touch Probe/Reader. The […]

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland has implemented an RFID tracking solution from FileTrail, an automated system which will be used to track cadavers and office case files. The 7-story building will be equipped with RFID sensors place above the drop-ceiling at designated locations throughout. This will automate case file tracking, allowing […]

Fenwal Inc. inked a five-year agreement with Biolog-id to exclusively market, sell and distribute the Biolog-id RFID blood tracking and traceability system in Europe and the United States. Biolog-id provides information about each blood unit following collection through transfusion with real-time data available to both the hospital and blood or plasma collection site. RFID labels […]

Terso Solutions expanded its line of RFID enclosures with the addition of an ultra low temperature (ULT) freezer designed for industries including research labs, health care providers, manufacturers and distributors and forensic facilities. RFID technology enables the freezer captures inventory transactions at the item level by user, leading to greater accountability. Each inventory transaction is […]

Northwest Michigan Surgery Center (NMSC) has selected the Versus Advantages real-time locating system (RTLS) to better improve its patient care experience. Averaging around 80 patients per day, the Northwest Michigan Surgery Center will use the Versus RTLS to relay patient status information to families, as well as to provide automated process flow management for NMSC […]

Bell ID announced the launch of Bell ID Mobile Token Manager, a new software platform that provides over-the-air life cycle management of applications, cryptographic keys and secure elements NFC-enabled mobile devices. According to Bell ID, the solution assists mobile network operators, service providers and trusted third parties in executing complex Trusted Service Manager (TSM) services […]