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The Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein (Einstein) in Brazil has chosen RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology from NEC (News - Alert) Brasil to meet the requirements and regulations of its market, NEC stated in a press release.

 

Looking to track critical or valuable assets within a specific physical area or process, many companies are becoming interested in simple asset tracking solutions. RFID technology brings some unique benefits to asset tracking that other identification technologies like bar codes or other tagging technologies.

 

Keeping the needs of hospitals in mind, NEC has installed the temperature control system of refrigerators and the location tracking for a pilot set of 500 pieces of medical equipment. Using the infrastructure that was also previously implemented by NEC, this new technology also operates through the hospital's wireless network. Asset tracking of equipment at the facility allows for greater organization of material flow, the company states.

 

Luiz Villela, general manager of marketing and business of NEC Brasil, said, “We identified that this specific area of healthcare is not addressed appropriately compared to others in terms of technologies to support relevant tasks in their daily lives. Therefore, we focus on projects that include RFID technologies and are investing in the expansion of this solution in several institutions in the country.”

 

To better manage the flow of patient care procedures, the tracking system will be expanded to other assets of the institution in 2010. The asset tracking technology in the healthcare sector is in great demand as it relieves the healthcare professionals of their mundane duties and allows them to focus on more important activities, claims NEC Brasil.

 

In March 2006, the company announced that it aims to grow 30 percent to $37.8 million in 2006 over 2004, NEC Solutions Brasil managing director Silvio Kiyoharu Maemura told BNamericas. The operation aimed to grow around 70 percent in the VoIP segment and IP telephony in relation to 2005. Two years ago, the company’s revenues were split 90 percent voice and 10 percent data.