Application of RFID Can Save Time and Money: Inventory Control in Manufacturing, Clinical Trials, and Sample Management Tops Use

摘要

RFID (radio frequency identification) technologies are expected to have a big impact on health care in the very near future. Companies with RFID products are expected to earn over 18 billion dollar in revenue by 2012, and it is estimated that 3 billion dollar of that will originate from sales to the healthcare industry. Given the high value RFID can offer an industry with highly valued and spread-out assets, it is expected that healthcare will be the best growth area for RFID. Much of this spending,however, will not be of direct interest to pharmaceutical manufacturers—the bulk of projects will be concentrated in areas like nursing homes with wander-free patient tracking systems or in hospitals for inventory and patient management.