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ABOUT DATAMONITORMARKET CONTEXT
- Outline of the brief
- The state of play
- High price, fragmented value chain, proprietary standards
- Market about to solidify and standards development underway - although
patent issues are clouding the horizon
- Accenture study demonstrating RFID advantages in pharma
- FDA mandate to boost tagging solutions, but only for bar coding
- RFID as a supply-chain enabler for healthcare providers
- RFID uses in healthcare
- Healthcare RFID implementations and initiatives
- The RFID value chain
- Healthcare-specific RFID vendors
THE FUTURE DECODED
- Intermecs bid for royalties may have many negative repercussions
- The issue of privacy is overrated...
- ...but will gain more significance as patient and personnel tracking takes
off
- Storing vast amounts of data on already stretched clinical data
repositories creates needs for storage and data management
- Bar codes have not yet played out their role in healthcare
- It is key to focus on RFIDs unique capabilities in the provider arena as
well as to solve the technologys current shortcomings
RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX
- Further readings
- SPP writing team
- How to contact experts in your industry
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Drivers and barriers to adoption for healthcare RFID
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