RFID Wristband Point-of-Sale Ski Application

Precision Dynamics implements Smart Band RFID Wristband System at Sno Mountain, formerly Montage Mountain, in the Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania. Denis Carlson, President of Sno Mountain, sees the RFID technology as a competitive differentiator for its customer experience, and has potential to increase revenue through cashless point-of-sale transactions. ...

... "The RFID wristband system provides added conveniences to guests including automated ski lift tickets and cashless point-of-sale (POS). Purchasing food and beverages at the ski park is a breeze using Smart Band's contactless payment feature. Guests can load money onto their wristband at POS stations using cash, credit or debit cards. Smart Bands work well in any environment-wet or dry-making them a great addition to any ski resort. " ...

Via Precision Dynamics Corporation: Sno Mountain Implements Precision Dynamics' Smart Band RFID Wristbands for Automated Ski Lift Passes and Cashless Point-of-Sale ...

Hospital RFID Realizes Patient Benefits

HP and Precision Dynamics implement patient management system based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in Taiwan at the Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH). The hospital CIO sees the hospital realizing benefits through a reduction in medical errors, from root causes such as manual processes, compliance to standard operating procedures, and visibility to real-time patient status and medical process exceptions. The system is architected with PDC's RFID wristbands and HP's mobile and fixed RFID infrastructure. Privacy is managed by storing confidential patient information on the RFID chip rather than printing the information on the wristband. ...

... "CGMH implemented the RFID system in its operating rooms to improve patient safety by verifying and positively identifying patients, gathering real-time data, reducing risk of wrong-site and/or wrong-patient surgery, and ensuring compliance with hospital patient safety procedures or standard operating procedures. Since the implementation, CGMH has achieved 100% accuracy in patient ID in the OR. The new RFID system automates many manual functions of the previous operating room processes. The system helps verify that the five rights of medication safety are met - right patient, medication, dose, time, and route - as well as right surgery and surgical site. Automating patient data verification processes has saved CGMH medical staff an average of 4.3 minutes per patient. Also, automated data collection has helped prevent common manual data entry mistakes, which if gone undetected could lead to medical errors." ...

Via HP: Precision Dynamics Corporation and HP Provide Chang Gung Memorial Hospital with RFID System for Patient Management

RFID Wristband: Hotel Guest Convenience

Precision Dynamics Corporation implements Smart Band® RFID(radio frequency identification) wristbands and PDC Smart Kiosk RFID Cashless Point-of-Sale (POS) System at the new Great Wolf Lodge at Paramount's Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. ...

... "The 401-suite northwoods-themed family resort with an indoor waterpark, implemented PDC's RFID Wristband System to provide guests with enhanced services including hotel room keyless entry, cashless payment options, automated arcade token dispensers, and more. At registration, guests are given a Smart Band, which is embedded with a 13.56MHz RFID inlay. The automated wristbands allow for keyless entry into hotel rooms for all family members, eliminating the need to carry hotel room keys. MICROS' POS workstations enable guests to make cashless payments with the RFID wristbands throughout the resort. Also, the RFID wristbands eliminate the chances of money getting wet or lost while at the water park. Guests are given the choice of using the RFID wristbands to make charges directly to their rooms or to set up a pre-funded account for purchases. The pre-funded account is a great way to allow children to purchase products and services without giving them full charging privileges. Both types of accounts can be increased or funded by using Smart Kiosks throughout the resort or at the registration desk. All information on the wristband is encrypted providing maximum security for guests. " ...

Precision Dynamics Corporation: Great Wolf Lodge in Ohio Installs RFID Wristband System to Provide Added Guest Convenience and Service ...

UWB RFID Hospital Tracking System ...

Parco Wireless plans next-generation of RFID ultra-wideband (UWB) tracking system targeted for healthcare environments. ...

... "Precis incorporates Time Domain Corporation's Pulson ultra-wideband technologies in its design. The new line will include a full suite of products that include assets tags, patient wristbands, personnel badges and two design type readers. According to company leadership, the new Precis tags and receivers will help dispel all misconceptions about the higher cost of implementing a UWB tracking system. While the cost of UWB tracking technologies were historically higher when compared to competing technologies such as Infrared (IR) or WiFi systems, many hospitals felt compelled to hold off on implementing a UWB active RFID tracking system despite the superior benefits UWB systems offered.

The locations of the tags are tracked by UWB readers installed at fixed locations within a medical facility providing the location of patients, caregivers, and equipment within accuracy of 1.5 feet. The tags use extremely low-power as evidenced by their average life of over four years using a single 3 volt battery. " ...

Via Parco Wireless: Parco Wireless Set to Release World Class Tracking System ...

RFID Wristband Bowling Alley ...

Bolwing lanes supported by RFID wristband for age, identification, and access control ...

... "PDC's AgeBand system electronically scans and verifies a patron's age/identification and instantly prints a wristband with pertinent patron information, including Age ID Verified 21. AgeBand is ideal for bowling venues that sell alcohol and need positive patron identification to quickly and easily identify a patron's age. " ...

RFID Wristband Bowling Alley: Via Precision Dynamics Corporation: Precision Dynamics Showcases AgeBand System and Visa Band Wristbands for Bowling Venues at the International Bowl Expo ...

RFID Technology Healthcare Purchasing Partnership ...

Healthcare purchasing organization partners with Zebra Tech for RFID technology needs. ...

... "According to The Institute of Medicine, medical errors cause up to 98,000 deaths annually in the United States alone. Bar coding applications have been shown to substantially reduce costly and dangerous medical errors, and the recent 17th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey found that medical error reduction and patient safety will remain top business objectives for hospital IT executives in 2006. Zebra's bar coded wristbands, unit-dose pharmacy labeling and employee badge solutions help enable patient safety improvements at the bedside and throughout the hospital with patient registration/identification, medication labeling, lab specimen collection, radiology film labeling and surgical instrument tracking applications. Bar coding and RFID are at the heart of many patient safety initiatives, says David Crist, vice president of sales at Zebra Technologies. Zebra is committed to working with Amerinet and its members to deliver these solutions in a way that minimizes medical errors and enhances safety. Zebra is a leading manufacturer of specialty thermal printing solutions including wireless, mobile and high-performance label and wristband printers designed to meet the needs of the healthcare market. Zebra also offers printing supplies, including highly durable, ready-to-print ZBand Direct wristbands, which were awarded the 2004 Frost & Sullivan Product Leadership of the Year Award in the field of medical informatics. Use of these wristbands ensures accurate patient identification and enables healthcare providers to meet patient safety and privacy standards, such as those set by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). In addition, Zebra's newly introduced antimicrobial wristband coating further improves the safety and quality of care by reducing the spread of dangerous and costly hospital infections. " ...

RFID Technology Healthcare Purchasing Partnership: Via Zebra Technologies: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES AND AMERINET ANNOUNCE NEW TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT: Zebra to provide Amerinet members with its full line of bar code, card and RFID printers, supplies and services ...

RFID Patient Wristbands: Effieicnt European Hospital Care: Instant Information Availability ...

Zebra Technologies Europe Ltd launches RFID patient identification wristbands in Europe that will enable nursing staff efficiency gains in hospitals by enabling immediate access to information. ...

RFID Patient Wristbands: Effieicnt European Hospital Care: Instant Information Availability; Via Zebra: Next-generation patient wristbands to improve hospital care: Nursing staff use intelligent tagging to verify patient needs quickly and easily

... "Scanning a barcode or RFID tag in a patient’s wristband will quickly retrieve a range of information assigned to the individual patient, whether they are receiving medication, having a blood transfusion or giving a sample. As a result, nursing staff will immediately have bedside access to patient details and exact prescriptions without having to interpret a doctor’s handwriting or search hospital records to clarify medication instructions. Zebra believes that the wristbands will dramatically reduce the 200,000 medication errors each year in the NHS2. In addition, patient identification is rising up the agenda of UK hospitals as they are now legally required to comply with the EU Directive 2002/98/EC, which sets standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution of human blood and blood components. Zebra’s wristband and printer range deliver a simple means of identifying patients throughout the blood transfusion process. " ...

HP RFID Healthcare IT Solutions ...

HP RFID Healthcare IT Solutions: Via Precision Dynamics Corporation: Precision Dynamics Corporation Forms Partnership with Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific to Deliver Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions

... "Under the agreement and effective immediately, HP Asia Pacific is granted an exclusive license to offer PDC RFID Wristbands, including Smart Band, SuperBand, ScanBand, CompuBand, and Smart AgeBand, as part of its healthcare IT offering to hospitals in Asia Pacific. PDC will also provide sales and technical support. Designed for positive patient identification and the reduction of medical errors, the RFID system will be targeted for use in a variety of hospital applications, including OR patient ID and surgical site verification, patient registration, and medication administration. " ...

With nearly 50 years of experience, PDC is the global leader and pacesetter in the development of automatic identification wristband systems and quality healthcare products. The company introduced the first patient Bar Code ID Wristband System in 1984, the Smart Band® Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Wristband System in 2000, and the AgeBand™ Electronic Age/ID Verification System in 2004. PDC also provides premium healthcare products for labor & delivery, urology, and other applications. PDC is committed to 100% quality in service, design, and manufacturing. This is substantiated by their ISO-9001: 2000 and ISO-13485: 2003 certification at their main facility in San Fernando, CA.

RFID Blood Supply Management ...

RFID Blood Supply Management: Adding RFID layer to blood safety loop - College of American Pathologists

Karen Lusky writes about the application of RFID technology to decreasing errors in the handling of the blood supply ...

... "The U.S. blood banking community and hospitals are eyeing RFID technology to tag everything from patient identification wristbands to blood containers in an effort to stamp out the estimated one in 14,000 chance that a patient will receive the wrong blood due to human error. " ...

Texas RFID Research Center ...

Texas RFID Research Center: University of North Texas News Service - UNT forms team to foster new Radio Frequency Identification initiatives

UNT sponsors RFID research at center of excellence ...

... "The Texas Center for Digital Knowledge -- a University of North Texas think tank that explores how technology affects society -- has established a multi-disciplinary research group to focus on the emerging technology of Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is technology that uses radio signals or electromagnetic energy to identify objects. Current applications include soccer event ticketing, wristbands for sporting events, patient tracking, child safety in theme parks and contactless payment cards. " ...

Healthcare RFID Solutions: Patient Safety

Healthcare RFID Solutions: Patient Safety: Precision Dynamics Corporation Signs Reseller Agreement with Hewlett-Packard Taiwan for Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions

... "PDC and HP Taiwan have begun an RFID implementation at Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. During the initial phase of the implementation, PDC Smart Band RFID Wristbands will be used in the hospital's operating room to identify the right patient, right surgical site, right nurse, right blood, and right doctor. This additional safety check is expected to help reduce human errors and enhance the safety of patients. " ...

Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions

Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions: Precision Dynamics Corporation Signs Reseller Agreement with Hewlett-Packard Taiwan for Healthcare RFID Wristband Solutions

... "Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), a global leader in automatic wristband identification, has signed a reseller agreement with Hewlett-Packard Taiwan, Ltd., intended to accelerate the adoption of RFID (radio frequency identification) solutions in the Taiwan healthcare market. Under the agreement and effective immediately, HP Taiwan is granted an exclusive license to offer PDC RFID Wristbands, including Smart Band, SuperBand, ScanBand, CompuBand, and Smart AgeBand, as part of its healthcare IT offering to hospitals in Taiwan. PDC will also provide sales and technical support. The RFID solution will initially be targeted for use in operating rooms of hospitals that are ready to implement the technology to help prevent medical errors. " ...

With nearly 50 years of experience, PDC is the global leader and pacesetter in the development of automatic identification wristband systems and quality healthcare products. The company introduced the first patient Bar Code ID Wristband System in 1984, the Smart Band® Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Wristband System in 2000, and the AgeBand™ Electronic Age/ID Verification System in 2004. PDC also provides premium healthcare products for labor & delivery, urology, and other applications. PDC is committed to 100% quality in service, design, and manufacturing. This is substantiated by their ISO-9001: 2000 and ISO-13485: 2003 certification at their main facility in San Fernando , CA . Plans to establish certification at their new facility in Tijuana, Mexico are underway.

RFID Bracelets Support Family Fun at Resorts and Parks ...

RFID Bracelets Support Family Fun: SafeTzone(R) Installs SAMSys RFID Readers at Fun Parks To Perform ...

From Yahoo News (press release) ... (SMY: TSX) today announced an agreement to supply passive radio frequency identification (RFID) readers used with SafeTzone Technologies' family locator system ...

... SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SMY: TSX) today announced an agreement to supply passive radio frequency identification (RFID) readers used with SafeTzone Technologies' family locator system, now installed at high-profile venues such as Steamboat Ski and Resort in Colorado, Wannado City in Florida, Paramount's Great America in California and Dollywood's Splash Country in Tennessee. The SAMSys readers work in tandem with special RFID-enabled bracelets to identify family members at various locations around the venue as well as facilitate cashless transactions for the purchase of food, drinks and merchandise on the premises. ...

SafeTzone Technologies Corporation is the leading provider of interactive guest location services systems in family destinations. These systems include real-time locating of individuals, amenity location, facility navigation, cashless spending, attraction reservation and venue information. SafeTzone is headquartered in Laguna Hills, Calif. The SafeTzone System is also available at theme park, shopping mall, and ski resort locations in Tennessee, Florida, Colorado, Northern and Southern California.

SAMSys Technologies Inc. (SAMSys), founded in 1995, is a world-leading provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) hardware solutions and RFID integration consulting services designed to evaluate and recommend optimal RFID solutions to enhance existing business process. SAMSys offers a family of products to simplify the installation and ensure the ongoing performance of the overall RFID hardware infrastructure. SAMSys is a public company whose shares are listed for trading on the TSX Exchange under the symbol: "SMY". The Company has a total of 47.6 million shares outstanding.

Additional resources on RFID bracelets and wrist bands ...

RFID bracelets for kids: RFID bracelets used for kids. ... Synometrix sells some "low cost disposable RFID bracelets" which have a reading distance of 8 cm. ...

RFID Wristbands Disposable Medical Bracelets Manufacturers: RFID Products | Wristbands RFID Bracelets for Medical and Commercial Use. ... These disposable RFID bracelets are perfect for medical or other use. ...

RFID Getting Under Your Skin?: Amusement parks in California and Europe are offering RFID bracelets to help children find their lost parents. Hospital maternity ...

Healthcare RFID: Precision Dynamics’ Irwin Thall to Speak on Auto ID & Patient Safety in Healthcare at the RFID Forum at UCLA

San Fernando, CA (October 12, 2004) – Irwin Thall, RFID Manager for Healthcare at Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), a global leader in automatic wristband identification, will give a presentation at the RFID Forum presented by the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Wireless Internet for the Mobile Enterprise Consortium (WINMEC). The conference will be held on October 12 at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Thall’s presentation entitled “RFID for Positive Patient ID and Safety” will begin at 1:15 p.m.

Thall’s presentation will discuss Auto ID, patient safety, and transitioning to new technologies in healthcare. The presentation will focus on RFID and how it complements and improves upon bar coding. Reasons why Auto ID is crucial to the future success of hospitals and healthcare organizations will be outlined. Thall will conclude with an overview of PDC’s Smart Band® RFID Wristband System. Current pilot studies using PDC Auto ID products include Georgetown University Hospital (Washington, DC) and Mass General Hospital (Boston, MA). For more information on the RFID Forum Conference, visit www.wireless.ucla.edu/rfid/2004/.

About Irwin Thall: As RFID Manager for Healthcare at Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), Thall is responsible for product, market, and business development for PDC’s Auto ID products. Joining PDC in 2000, Thall brings over 14 years of Auto ID experience, most recently from Checkpoint Systems RFID Group and LXE RF Data Collections Systems.

About Precision Dynamics: With nearly 50 years of experience, PDC is the global leader and pacesetter in the development of automatic identification wristband systems and quality healthcare products. The company introduced the first patient bar code ID wristband in 1984 and radio frequency identification (RFID) wristbands in 2000. PDC also provides premium healthcare products for labor & delivery, urology, and other applications. PDC is committed to 100% quality in service, design, and manufacturing. This is substantiated by their ISO-9001: 2000 and ISO-13485 certification at their main facility in San Fernando, CA. Plans to establish certification at their new facility in Tijuana, Mexico are underway. For more information, visit www.pdcorp.com.

Healthcare RFID: Precision Dynamics Corporation to Showcase Multi-Function RFID ...

From Business Wire (press release), CA ... Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), a global leader in automatic wristband identification and developers of the Smart Band(R) RFID Wristband System, will ...

With nearly 50 years of experience, PDC is the global leader and pacesetter in the development of automatic identification wristband systems and quality healthcare products. The company introduced the first patient bar code ID wristband in 1984 and radio frequency identification (RFID) wristbands in 2000. PDC also provides premium healthcare products for labor & delivery, urology, and other applications. PDC is committed to 100% quality in service, design, and manufacturing. This is substantiated by their ISO-9001: 2000 and ISO-13485 certification at their main facility in San Fernando, CA. Plans to establish certification at their new facility in Tijuana, Mexico are underway. For more information, visit www.pdcorp.com.

Combining a micro-chip and antenna, RFID provides wireless communication for safe and accurate ID, tracking, and processing. No other system better ensures the integrity of information between user, host device, and/or Information System. The wireless, automated, and secure process of RFID ensures positive patient identification and fully streamlined operations. No other system better ensures the integrity of information between patient, host device, and/or Hospital Information System (HIS). PDC's Smart Band RFID Wristband System acts as a portable, dynamic database that carries patient information to be used and updated during the patient's stay.

RFID in Blood Transfusion Safety to be Examined

... Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), a global leader in automatic wristband identification, and Georgetown University Hospital's (GUH's) Blood Bank will conduct a pilot study to explore how Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) wristband solutions increase the efficiency and reliability of blood transfusion safety. PDC's Smart Band® RFID Wristband System will be used in the study.

For more than two years, GUH's Outpatient Infusion Service has used PDC bar code solutions as standard practice for double checking and verifying blood transfusions. Today, GUH is interested in learning whether RFID solutions can increase the efficiency and reliability of transfusion safety in instances where bar code ID isn't as effective...

... PDC's Smart Band acts as a portable, dynamic database that carries patient information to be used and updated during a patient's stay. Smart Band's accurate, automated system ensures the integrity of information between patient, host device, and/or hospital information system. Unlike bar code, RFID's non-line-of-site data transmission can be read through and around the human body, clothing, bed coverings and non-metallic materials. "We expect this study to show that RFID solutions complement bar code technologies and increase the efficiency and reliability of identifying patients, their blood samples and their intended blood for transfusion," adds Dr. Sandler...

About Georgetown University Hospital: Georgetown University Hospital is a 609-licensed bed, not-for-profit acute care teaching and research facility based in Northwest Washington, DC. Georgetown Hospital's clinical services represent one of the largest, most geographically diverse and fully integrated healthcare delivery networks in the area. GUH is home to the internationally-known Lombardi Cancer Center as well as nationally ranked programs in gynecology, cancer, digestive disorders, urology, rheumatology, neurology and neurosurgery and geriatrics. GUH is a proud member of MedStar Health.

About PDC: With nearly 50 years of experience, PDC is the global leader and pacesetter in the development of automatic identification wristband systems and quality healthcare products. The company introduced the first patient bar code ID wristband in 1984 and radio frequency identification (RFID) wristbands in 2000. PDC also provides premium healthcare products for labor & delivery, urology, and other applications. PDC's quality system meets the requirements of the International Standards Organization ISO-9001 certification, representing the finest in product service, design, and manufacturing. For more information, visit www.pdcorp.com.

About AMTSystems: AMTSystems is a provider of automatic identification solutions in the healthcare arena and has been providing innovative products to hospitals since 1988. For more information about the full range of products and services available, call 800-569-9059 or email sales@amtsystems.com.

Fastening a secure and tamper-evident adhesive closure, computer-generated Smart ScanBand can be simultaneously printed with bar code information and programmed with RFID information on demand at a frequency of 13.56 MHz. Available in a choice of three RFID inlets for use with RFID direct thermal printers.

Precision Dynamics Corporation's Smart Band RFID Wristbands to Help Combat Counterfeiting at the South by Southwest Festivals

Last year during SXSWeek thousands of counterfeit wristbands were made and sold on the street with a face value of as much as 500 000. Those involved in the counterfeiting were caught and charged with forgery and trademark counterfeiting. This year the chance of counterfeiting the new RFID wristbands will be almost impossible...

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