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  • Mater Health gives network a facelift

    Brisbane-based hospital group Mater Health Services has flagged a wide-ranging upgrade of its internal network as it standardises on kit from vendor Cisco Systems.

  • US FDA to consider human RFID tagging

    VeriChip, the company that makes radio frequency identification -- RFID -- tags for humans, has moved one step closer to getting its technology into hospitals.

  • Human RFID tags anger privacy advocates

    Privacy advocates are outraged at the US Food and Drug Administrations' approval of using RFID chips inside humans for medical purposes.

  • Intel, SAP shop 'store of the future'

    A German retailer plans to open a store that will feature "smart shelves" for inventory management and a scale that can identify different types of produce.

  • Federal report warns of RFID misuses

    Radio frequency identification is becoming increasingly popular inside the US government, but agencies have not seriously considered the privacy risks, federal auditors said.

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  • Harvard Medical School: John Halamka, CIO

    Dr John Halamka, the CIO of Harvard Medical School, is an early adopter of RFID technology -- he's got a chip implanted in his arm. These tags can keep track of personal medical records, as well as hospital equipment. Halamka talks with ZDNet.com editor in chief Dan Farber about recent advances in patient care, and electronic prescriptions.

  • Vital signs go wireless

    Soon, something that looks like a Band-Aid could e-mail your blood pressure and more to your doctor.

  • Intel's medical ambitions

    In the future, your hospital room will be online, and so will your gastric system.

  • RFID tags: The people say no

    CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says readers are united in their contempt for the idea of embedding chips in people.

  • 'World's smallest' RFID reader supports a magic touch

    Near Field Communication could take RFID out of the logistics chain and into film and music posters, and a UK vendor is now backing the emerging technology with a new reader.

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