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July 24, 2006
3M Co. to track US Army medical records
If any firm is going great guns in tracking documents these days it is 3M. It was just the other day that I made a post on them tracking US Court documents.
Now 3M Co. has bagged the US Army contract for three years. The company received a $3.76 million contract to develop and install the system and replace a manual file tracking method previously used at Fort Hood Installation in Texas. The test is a pilot program.
The system is supposed to continuously monitor file inventory, catch filing- errors and eliminate human compliance issues, according to a 3M press release. The company feels that the proposed system would make a positive impact on operational efficiencies in health care delivery, the troop deployment process and the management of medical data collection - Bizjournal.com
3M Co. announced that the contract covers:
1. Choosing and optimizing the best RFID to track medical files.
2. Developing a cost-effective system that includes shelf-based reading capabilities.
3. Developing specialized software tailored specifically to meet the military's processes and
4. The installation and training of personnel for its use and maintenance
This novel idea of tracking Army medical records through RFID technology was initiated by the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center, a unit of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. 3M Co. also revealed that the US Army is third Federal entity to opt for its services.
As the Federal entities take up to RFID technology in a big way you also see that it is the same the world over. According to IDTechEX, RFID is making its presence known 76 countries around the globe. This number is up from 49 countries almost 2 years ago. Is RFID everywhere now? What do you think?
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