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WINTER 2008
Feature Articles
Real-Time Location Systems Gaining Ground in Healthcare
By Adrian Jennings
If you've ever misplaced your keys or tried to find a package lost in shipment, you already know some of the benefits of Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS). In healthcare in particular, RTLS that continually monitor locations of assets are gaining traction
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Finding an ePedigree and Mass Serialization Solution
By R. Craig Curran
Review key questions that must be faced along the journey to implementation including whether to use RFID or 2D barcode; what frequency RFID tag should be deployed; and where to find ROI.
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Choosing the Right RFID-RTLS Solution for Your Healthcare Organization
By Robert Konishi
Identify potential areas of opportunity that justify an investment in RFID-RTLS and evaluate implementation challenges that will determine the success or failure of an RFID-RTLS initiative for your healthcare organization.
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Feature Articles
RadarFind: RFID by Doctors, for Doctors
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Southern New Jersey's premier regional tertiary care teaching medical center, recently chose the RadarFind RTLS to boost its efforts to enhance patient care, rein in costs, and improve infection control throughout the hospital.
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RFID for Hospital Patient Safety
In the emergency ward of the hospital in Treviglio, Italy, the patient is localized by an RFID system along the diagnostic-therapeutic procedures.
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Sam, I Am Tagging
By Eric Van Osten
Sam's Club suppliers have been informed that their pallets heading to a DeSoto, Texas, distribution center were required to have EPC Gen 2 RFID tags applied. Suppliers failing to comply will be charged a service fee. A Sam's Club spokesperson explains.
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Web-Only Content
Freightliner-Western Star: Controlling the Choke Points
The best-selling brand of heavy-duty Class 8 trucks in North America deployed a world class RFID solution to track inventory replenishment throughout its manufacturing facility in Portland, Oregon.
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Ask the Expert: RFID Consortium
RFID Consortium spokesperson David Poole explains the UHF RFID Standard, why the licensing arrangement is important for the RFID industry, and what patents will be included in the licenses offered by the RFID Consortium.
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News Desk
Ekahau deploys a mobile tracking solution in Madrid public transport complex; Sirit Plug-n-Play readers authenticate sports memorabilia; the FDA selects FileTrail RFID for national solution; and more.
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