Implementing RFID
January 28, 2014 | Terry Sharrer
Radio frequency identification tags—both passive and active—have long been known to cut down on rental equipment, improve cold storage monitoring, and make supply chains more timely. This piece reports other advantages: reducing supply overstock, monitoring injection safety, locating things for government or Joint Commission inspections, tracing contacts with patients who have communicable diseases like tuberculosis, and tracking prescription drugs. Generally, RFID makes it possible to cut more waste out of health care now that the Affordable Care Act is trimming hospital income. MORE WITH VIDEO
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