IDS Microchip has began shipping first production parts of its new EPC Gen2 compliant RFID sensory tag chip, the SL900A. Available in 16-LD QFN or as dice on wafer, the SL900A enables applications such as supply and cold chain with dynamic shelf life monitoring, tracking history and condition of constructions, controlling and recording of medication, […]

Steria and Neology announced a partnership to bring RFID solutions to the Indian market. The two will focus on developing RFID solutions for various areas including vehicle and people identification and health care amongst other areas. The combination of Neology’s RFID technology integrated with IT services from Steria looks to bring India improvements in the […]

GE Healthcare and Cisco have joined forces to help hospitals improve the quality of patient care, increase efficiency, and reduce costs by enabling them to better manage the flow of patients, staff and medical equipment. Hospitals will now have the ability to deploy GE’s AgileTrac platform, integrated with the Cisco Unified Wireless Network and Cisco […]

The Peninsula Regional Medical Center of Salisbury, Md. has teamed up with AeroScout to deploy a real-time location system to monitor critical equipment, as well as refrigeration units with pharmaceuticals and other temperature-sensitive items. The 362-bed facility is using AeroScout’s solutions and leveraging its network throughout for a variety of use cases and applications such […]

Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.H., has teamed with In Motion Technology to deploy a real-time monitoring network that will virtually connect and manage emergency medical equipment, and improve communications amongst hospital staff. FMH initially purchased In Motion’s onBoard Mobile Gateway to track vehicles and relay patient information from the field to the emergency room, but […]

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 […]

FileTrail announced the implementation of its RFID records management solution with by a global pharmaceutical company to improve quality systems and regulatory compliance. FileTrail’s RFID solution will be used to automate compliance and tracking of a variety of items ranging from Food and Drug Administration regulated documents to archived records to biologics, such as tissue […]

DB Schenker now uses RFID technology from Siemens to continuously monitor the temperature of its sensitive air freight, such as medicines. Siemens together with its partners developed the system that continuously monitors products with the help of RFID chips. The chips feature an integrated temperature sensor, which provides important data about the condition of a […]

Dates: April 4-6, 2011 Location: Washington, DC URL: http://www.worldcongress.com/events/HR11000/ Description: The 8th Annual World Health Care Congress (WHCC) is World Congress’ flagship event in which over 1,800 health care, government and corporate leaders formulate solutions to the challenges of health care cost, quality and delivery. In response to demands from the nation’s largest providers, payers […]

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced development of a RFID tag that can use the foil of pharmaceutical blister packs as an antenna. Leveraging Murata’s MAGICSTRAP technology the product equipped will essentially become the RFID tag. It can also be embedded or molded into products as hidden protection against counterfeiting. MAGICSTRAP, also marketed as the LXMS31 […]