Today’s healthcare industry faces several pervasive pharmaceutical management problems, including drug shortages, the diversion of drugs from their intended uses, poor facility management of drugs, and drug counterfeiting.
While these are complex and dynamic problems, a common denominator to be addressed is the lack of insight into the location of drugs throughout their lifecycle.
Seamless, low-touch medication management, like that made possible with radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, can provide tracking and tracing capabilities that help mitigate some of the problems facing the global pharmaceutical industry.
The Traceability Problem
RFID tagging and tracking systems are used in various industries to maintain visibility over inventory throughout its lifecycle.
One prominent example is retailers’ use of RFID technology to tag merchandise, including , one of the leaders in RFID-based medication tracking, tracing, and inventory management systems.
With decades of experience across multiple applications of RFID technology, he currently focuses on the development and optimisation of all RFID-enabled systems within the IntelliGuard product line.
Paul also chairs the RAIN Alliance Healthcare committee, working to promote the use and facilitate the implementation of RAIN RFID.
