“Larger healthcare organisations are testing and adopting RFID systems at a far greater pace than the rest of the healthcare industry, according to a study from The National Alliance for Health Information Technology and consulting firm BearingPoint Inc. However, industry-wide spending on RFID is also poised to dramatically increase beginning in 2007, driven by senior executives who view the technology as critical to helping achieve their organisations’ business goals, especially improved patient safety.”
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