The Heart Center at Columbus Children’s Hospital will implement a RFID-enabled inventory management system to store, track, and manage the utilization of high cost devices and supplies supporting congenital heart care.

Developed by Mobile Aspects, Inc., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the system, called iRISupply™, uses an RFID tracking architecture to automate charge capture, inventory management, device expiration management, and other key operational processes within the patient care setting.

The Heart Center will implement thirteen iRISupply cabinet units within their two specially designed Hybrid Cardiac Catheterization Suites to manage items such as stents, closure devices, specialized catheters, and guide wires that are commonly used to treat the complex congenital heart conditions seen at Columbus Children’s Hospital.

Implementation of the iRISupply system will begin in April 2007.