Summit Health, Pa. has implemented the SyncSeer asset tracking and temperature monitoring solution from Versatile Systems, Inc. at its Waynesboro and Chambersburg hospitals. The SyncSeer incorporates both wired and wireless temperature probes and tags to automate previously manual processes. Summit Health will use the system to meet regulatory compliance while allowing staff additional time to […]

NEC Corporation announced that its Brazil headquarters has completed the initial phase of an RFID-enabled tracking and monitoring system at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil. Having begun in mid-2009, NEC installed temperature control systems for refrigerators, as well as an asset location tracking system for a pilot set of 500 pieces of medical equipment. […]

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 […]

Registration is now open for two RFID Health Care conferences, which is focused on helping health-care providers understand how technology can help improve hospital efficiencies and cut costs. Each of the one-day events will feature end user presentations with objective case studies exploring the different types of RFID technology and how they can optimize hospital […]

A clinical study is underway at Rex Cancer Center of Wakefield to evaluate the use of a cell phone based drug monitoring system, leveraging the use of RFID smart labels, according to a DOTmed report. The system turns a smart phone into a medication sensor, reading data from an RFID smart label on the medication […]

German studies are under way to show the effects of RFID tagging and how it can improve the tracking and verification of pharmaceutical products throughout the supply chain, even down to the individual packs, according to a Securing Pharma report. The RadioPharm project is looking at the use of item-level RFID, in combination with case- […]

The Korean government stated that 50% of all its drugs will be equipped with RFID technology by 2015 to improve inventory control and reduce the number of prescription errors, according a Korea Times report. The country’s low recovery rate for second-rate drugs is currently around 20% and government officials have long considered RFID as a […]

The United States’ Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has issued an interim final rule on the use of e-prescriptions of controlled substances, according to a Government Health IT article. The new ruling requires that a doctor or pharmacist creating the prescription must authenticate their identity via two factors: a biometric factor, a knowledge factor such as […]

Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control have launched a product verification initiative, via RFID, in an effort to reduce the counterfeiting of drugs, reports the African Press Agency. Carried out in collaboration with Verification Technology Limited (VTL), RFID tags will be equipped to secure the integrity of the drug supply chain, […]

AeroScout announced that Adventist Health System has selected its temperature monitoring solution to wirelessly monitor and manage the temperatures of Adventist’s hospital refrigerators and freezers. The AeroScout temperature monitoring solution is designed to it relieve nursing staff from having to keep manual temperature logs, saving time and effort that can be spent focusing on patient […]