Hospital Albert Einstein saves R$1.5m a year on linen with RFID
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo has saved R$1.5 million a year on linen control alone, with 120,000 textile pieces individually tagged and 500 rooms inventoried by RFID reading…
Interview: Stefan Genser on NFC and the Future of Healthcare
The NFC Forum has launched a dedicated Healthcare Special Interest Group. In the first RFID News interview, its chair Stefan Genser talks tap-to-access care, the US$30.5 billion counterfeit medicine problem,…
SATO PJM RFID Powers Singapore’s National Blood Supply Management System
Singapore's Health Sciences Authority has taken its Next-Generation Blood Supply Management System live across every public and private hospital blood bank laboratory in the country. CADI Scientific won the tender,…
Bahia public hospital tags 20,000 linen items with RFID, and Sesab plans a state-wide rollout
Hospital Geral Clériston Andrade in Feira de Santana has chipped roughly 20,000 sheets, gowns and towels, giving Bahia's health secretariat item-level visibility of linen inside a free public hospital. The…
Medvantx Opens Louisville Pharmacy Fulfilment Facility Built on Automated Conveyance and RFID-Enabled Routing
Medvantx has opened a new pharmacy fulfilment facility in Louisville, Kentucky, and the detail that will interest anyone working in RFID is buried in the automation spec: the site runs…
Haier Biomedical Digital and RFID Blood Management Platform gains traction
Haier Biomedical has taken its blood management business to ISBT Congress 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, positioning what it calls a full-process digital blood management platform rather than a catalogue of…
Hospital Clinic Barcelona RFID System – 20 Months In
When Hospital Clinic Barcelona began exploring RFID technology back in 2019, few could have predicted just how fundamentally it would reshape the way one of Spain’s most prestigious hospitals manages…
Bluesight and Pfizer to Provide Source-Tagged RFID Medications to Hospital Pharmacies
Bluesight has announced a strategic partnership with Pfizer Global Hospital & Biosimilars that will bring source-tagged RFID medications to hospital pharmacies across the United States. The collaboration integrates Pfizer’s SmartDose…
RAIN in Action Summit Madrid 2026
The RAIN Alliance has announced that its flagship RAIN in Action Summit will return this autumn, with Madrid, Spain playing host from 29 September to 1 October 2026. Building on…
Case Study: East Kent NHS – How RFID Found £150,000 in Hidden Equipment
When East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust began losing track of medical equipment across its sprawling network of sites, the consequences went beyond simple inconvenience. Clinical staff were spending…
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