Location Based Services and RFID Help Hospitals Save Money
The words location based services (LBS) immediately brings to mind mobile marketing apps and other location based sales and marketing services based upon GPS coordinates. If we have an enterprise IT perspective we may think of fleet management, asset management and equipment tracking. The technologies and strategies behind these technologies, however, are not limited to rugged outdoor, blue collar environments. They have now also moved into sterile indoor environments. Let's review a few of these use cases documented by Caleb Benedict , Research Analyst, GIS/IoT. The use of LBS (location based services) in the healthcare industry is growing rapidly. It is being used to save time, money, and reduce liabilities. Earlier this week an article was published by Pharmabiz.com that described how Tyco Security is providing Indian Hospitals with RFID services to track patients, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals ( http://bit.ly/PAIJvP ). Along with knowing patient locations, thes