RFID Stent Tracking in Hospital

UMass Memorial Medical Center uses RFID technology to reduce costs, save lives by preventing mistakes, and reducing recall cycle times. ...

... "In UMass Memorial's shiny, four-year old catheterization laboratory, supply chain coordinator Raul Navarro slaps RFID tags onto boxes containing stents and balloons for use in the department's procedure rooms. " ...

Via Boston Globe: Stent Tracking

RFID Smart Shelf System Pilot Program

3M completes implementation of RFID Smart Shelf System for management of medical files for U.S. Army personnel and their family members at Fort Hood, Texas. The contract is for three-years at a value of $3.76-million for training and maintenance services. Fort Hood, near Austin Texas, is the country's largest active-duty domestic armed forces facility. ...

... "The custom-designed 3M RFID Smart Shelf System is the centerpiece of a pilot program that may be extended to other military installations after a period of evaluation. The system is intended to substantially reduce errors and inefficiencies associated with manual tracking, retrieval, filing and file merging methods of medical records management at Fort Hood, where thousands of files may be in use at the base's six clinics during any given month. In turn, such improvement would make a positive impact on operational efficiencies in health care delivery, the troop deployment process, and the management of medical data collection. One of the top priorities of the system is to provide virtually instant accessibility to complete medical records for soldiers and their family members requiring intensive and complex healthcare services. " ...

Via Sirit: RFID Tracking System Increases Efficiency in Medical Data Collection and Healthcare Delivery