Irish market research firm Research and Markets has released a new study
on the RFID market in health care. The €1,386.00 report outlines
drivers and barriers to mass market RFID adoption. It even “uncovers
the RFID value chain and its players,” which sounds very important.
This report seems to offer more of a high level market overview, which contrasts with a recently announced study coming out from Spyglass Consulting.

Trends in RFID is scheduled to be released by Gregg Malkary of
Spyglass in August. Gregg's reports offer detailed views at the current
state of new technology adoption in hospitals, and this RFID study is
no exception. Here are some teaser findings from the study.

• HCOs are investing in RFID today better
  understand the viability of the technology and to figure out how to
  leverage RFID to solve real problems within their organizations
• Active solutions are propelling growth in RFID in healthcare
  with hospitals primarily deploying active rather than passive RFID
  solutions for tracking assets and patients. With RFIDs, hospitals are
  achieving a compelling ROI to help increase operational efficiency and
  improve the quality of care.
• Passive RFID solutions lack a compelling business case.
  Hospitals are having difficulties identifying a compelling business
  case to justify an investment in passive RFID for patient safety and
  inventory/supply chain management solutions.
• RFID solutions are not ready for large-scale, enterprise-wide deployment
  due to hospital concerns about network infrastructure, network
  scalability, application availability, and systems integration
  complexities.

At about the same price as the Research and Markets report, the
Spyglass report is 3 times the size and appears to offer more detailed
insights into why hospitals are buying RFID (or not), and resulting
outcomes.

[Hat tip Mobile Health Data]