Survey: RFID use in hospitals to rise despite obstacles

Survey: RFID use in hospitals to rise despite obstacles
August 23, 2005

eWeek.com: Uncoordinated efforts between hospitals, vendors, shippers and suppliers are keeping RFID out of hospitals, concludes a new report by Spyglass Consulting Group. Nonetheless, a few applications are poised to become mainstream.

Ten percent of healthcare organizations in the survey use RFID to track expensive mobile equipment. However, 45 percent of those interviewed expected to have such systems in place by the end of next year.