Suneil Mandava is the President and CEO of Mobile Aspects, Inc.
How will RFID overcome the barriers that have prevented the adoption of barcodes and electronic medical records?
RFID solutions have the capability to dramatically increase the quality of care in hospitals. RFID eliminates the need for manual compliance, such as scanning bar codes, pushing buttons or typing information into a computer. In the often hectic and fast paced environment of a hospital, those types of manual steps are the downfall to any system. You cannot expect people to constantly scan bar codes in the middle of an operation, when a patient maybe in a critical situation. Because of this, often bar code systems are not accurate. I have had customers tell me the reason they replaced their bar code systems with Mobile Aspects RFID systems is because they had to go back and check the information daily, wasting valuable man hours. RFID technology can make care safer and more efficient.
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