http://www.rfidinhealthcare.org
Integra Systems, Inc. is a charter member. On September 09, in Las Vegas, the RFID Educational Foundation, the non-profit charitable organization held the first meeting at the RFID World 2008 event in order to establish the consortium. According to Harry P. Pappas, CEO and founder of the RFID Educational Foundation, it is time to involve industry, government, and educational leaders in providing un-biased information on what the technology can and cannot do. " The global healthcare industry needs a forum for peer development, education of stakeholders, review of RFID technology, of regulatory guidelines and standards that proactively ensure safe implementation of this technology for healthcare institutions" says Paul Rudolf, formerly with the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and now a consultant to many healthcare stakeholders. Pro. Engels, former Research Director of the MIT Auto-ID Lab says, "Educating the industry and the general public on specifications, standards, regulatory guidelines, and testing procedures is of prime importance to both the development of the RFID and healthcare industries. The Consortium's efforts to collect input from experts within the medical device industry, RFID industry, standards and regulatory bodies should help eliminate subjective intepretation of uses of RFID.
