RFID Technology At University of Massachusetts - Amherst Helps Keep Track of Medical Devices, and Could Even Save Lives

Boston Globe -- The UMass Memorial Medical Center is striking: Its high-rise hospital building, helipad, and sprawling medical school campus tower over Worcester’s Lake Quinsigamond. It’s a monument to Massachusetts’ role as a healthcare leader and symbolizes an industry known for its miracle-making - and its out-of-control costs.more stories like thisBut behind UMass Memorial’s bricks and mortar, an effort is underway to trim costs by using radio frequency identification, or RFID. It might save lives and money, by preventing medical mistakes and speeding the recall of defective products.