Marry off RFID and Barcode technologies, says Frost and Sullivan report: Frost and Sullivan has recently come up with a report titled Advances in RFID for Healthcare Applications which talks about advancements in the healthcare industry with respect to RFID technology but states that costs have been a prohibiting factor in its growth.

Sachin Thukral, research analyst, Frost and Sullivan stated:

Even as RFID matures, it is likely that bar coding will continue to offer hospitals a proven, efficient and more cost-effective means of capturing data for a variety of applications. Some of the applications are bedside medication administration, unit-dose labeling in the pharmacy, specimen collection at the patient bedside, specimen tracking and management in the laboratory, materials management and more.

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