Tranzbyte Corporation announced it will begin distribution of its RFID automated marijuana vending machine within qualifying states and locales beginning next quarter. While federal law in the United States bans all sale and possession of cannabis, enforcement varies widely at the state level and some states have established medicinal marijuana programs in that contradict federal […]

Children’s of Alabama in Birmingham has implemented the Versus Advantages asset tracking solution, where it is currently tracking approximately 3,000 mobile assets, including IV pumps, beds and stretchers across 760,000 square feet. The real-time locating system (RTLS) from Versus Technology Inc. includes two-way HL7 integration to Four Rivers Total Maintenance System (TMS), which helps Children’s […]

Intelligent InSites, a provider of real-time solutions for the health care sector, has been selected to provide the enterprise-wide software solution for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) $543 million Real Time Location System (RTLS) contract. The five-year contract will provide 152 medical centers in the 21 Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) and seven Consolidated […]

New market research published by Transparency Market Research estimates the global RFID market for health care to be worth $1.2 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach $34 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 19.3% from 2012 to 2018. According to the report, “RFID in Health care Industry – Global Market Size, […]

Health Robotics announced an upgrade to its auto-labeling and scanning systems to automatically embed RFID for improved location and temperature control tracking for medications and blood/plasma bags Available now, the company’s upgraded Sterile Compounding Automation solutions – i.v.STATION, i.v.SOFT, and i.v.STATION ONCO – optionally offer the ability to embed and automatically affix an RFID tag […]

Haldor Advanced Technologies and Intelligent InSites announced a joint venture to design and develop an enterprise real-time location system (RTLS) solution to help improve hospital operations. The integrated solution incorporates Intelligent InSites’ enterprise RTLS software platform with Haldor’s ORLocate system, enabling hospitals and sterilization centers to track, monitor and manage the flow and capabilities of […]

TAGSYS RFID announced a range of high frequency (HF) RFID tags optimized for books, documents and pharmaceuticals bottles and other plastic packaging. The FOLIO 370X-LI are HF RFID tags optimized for performance in book and magazine tracking, featuring the NXP ICODE SLIX chip that provides 896 bits of user memory and enhanced reading performance. Available […]

GAO RFID now offers an ultra-high frequency semi-passive temperature logger tag, suited for recording temperatures of sensitive food products and chemical/pharmaceutical products during transportation and storage. The compact data logger, model 116045, provides a large memory capacity – up to 8000 temperature samples – with programmable sampling times. Once programmed, the unit will monitor temperature […]

Colchester General Hospital is deploying wireless technology to track the whereabouts of valuable and potentially lifesaving clinical equipment across its estate. The deployment is made up of an Ekahau real-time location tracking system (RTLS), which leverages the hospital’s existing wireless network. Ekahau RTLS tags have been fitted to various items including wheelchairs, beds, portable ventilators, […]

McKesson Corp. announced the launch of its latest RFID-based cabinets, designed to enable hospitals the ability to better manage expensive physician preference items (PPIs). The cabinets use low-touch technology to automate control of high-dollar medical inventory, including stents, pacemakers, implants and orthopedic supplies. The cabinets enable hospital staff to manage inventories automatically and give nursing […]