What if an infusion pump, IV drip, or medical cart could help prevent medical errors and streamline patient billing? With radio-frequency Identification (RFID) of consumables, operators, and patients, ...

Radio frequency ID (RFID) technology can interfere with medical equipment, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The study by six Dutch scientists has ...

Industry standards group AIM Global has released the latest version of its standard for the testing of non-implantable wireless medical devices, to help users and manufacturers better determine if ...

Photo: Ralph Herkert, director of GTRI's Medical Device Test Center, recently began developing protocols to test how RFID systems affect medical devices. (Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek) Radio ...

Wren Medical Systems, a Midwest medical distributor, is affixing RFID tags to many of the products it rents and sells so the company and its customer can better track inventory and product maintenance ...

The demand for more efficient data capture and seamless information management has spurred a steady growth in wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) real-time location systems (RTLS) well ...

LONDON — The use of radio frequency identification (RFID) in hospitals can interfere with critical care medical equipment according to a study conducted by University of Amsterdam researchers ...

Every week, MedCity News highlights the best of its MedCitizens: syndication partners and MedCity News readers who discuss life science current events on MedCityNews.com. Now here’s the best of what ...

The bodyhacking movement — inserting electronic implants under the skin containing information or radio frequency identification technology — is starting to take hold, and such devices may soon find ...

Doctors and nurses will soon be able to receive updates on their patients with a quick glance at their cellphones, thanks to RFID skin-patch technology developed by Gentag, a DC-based IP development ...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems are widely used for applications that include inventory management, package tracking, toll collection, passport identification and airport luggage ...