How RFID Technology Improves Hospital Inventory Management and Patient Care

Last Updated on Monday, 07 May 2012 23:02

The RFID in Healthcare Consortium (RHCC) is a not-for-profit, subsidiary organization of The International RFID Business Association (RFIDba). In this video interview, Dr. Paul Frisch, Chief, Biomedical Physics and Engineering at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, talks about how RFID technology is used to improve inventory management and patient care, as well as announces the Consortium's partnership with The RFID Network.

Dr. Frisch also announces the RFID in Healthcare Pavilion: February 20 - 24 at the 2012 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, Las Vegas.

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For more information about the RFID in Healthcare Consortium, or to participate in the 2012 HIMSS RFID pavilion, please visit rfidinhealthcare.org You may contact the group directly by telephone at +1 610-357-0990 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

how rfid in healthcare can be used to prevent the spread of an infectious disease. Radio frequency identification (RFID) and real time location systems (RTLS) technology are providing enormous benefits for hospitals and medical facilities. By using RFID tags with assets, patients, and staff, healthcare providers realize immediate improved identification, location, tracking, and security. Some of the more significant benefits of RFID in healthcare includes:

Asset Management – the ability to more quickly locate assets results in improved asset utilization which results in:
- Lowering equipment rental costs;
- Reducing staff time spent searching for equipment;
- Minimizing equipment theft and loss;
- Reducing equipment inventory requirements;
- Improving equipment maintenance process;
- Improving responsiveness to JCAHO and FDA requirements.
Patient Care – the ability quickly and accurately identify patients and staff, allows capabilities such as wireless nurse call, improved security, access control, wander management, positive patient identification, infectious disease containment, and more. We have a comprehensive list of patient and staff benefits.
Inventory Management – the ability to better manage current inventory, know where that inventory is located, ensure that expired inventory is not used, and reducing out-of-stock situations not only can help save lives, but provides savings.