Reva Systems, AeroScout launch passive RFID system for healthcare

April 2, 2009, 12:49 pm by Healthcare IT News

A developer of passive RFID systems with a foothold in several industries is teaming up with established vendor AeroScout to enter the healthcare market. Reva Systems, based in Chelmsford, Mass., is debuting its Reva-4-Healthcare package at next week’s HIMSS09 show and conference in Chicago. The company’s passive RFID system, which uses antennas instead of battery packs to track objects and people, has been designed to integrate with AeroScout’s MobileView RTLS (real time location system) track-and-trace application platform.

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