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Neo Healthcare Platform provides a comprehensive RFID based solution for small, medium or large hospitals and is designed for effective use of resources with increased accuracy and efficiency of the whole hospital management process and hence reduces overall costs.

Patient identification:
Patient identification and location assistance are often needed to ensure patient safety when urgent medical attention is needed. The tag could take on a number of form factors, including wrist straps or a special badge. The tag would contain a tamper mechanism that would prevent it from being removed, or would emit a tamper signal if an attempt to remove it occurs. RFID readers would then be placed in particular areas of the facility such that a tagged patient can be located within a reasonable distance.

Pharmacy management:
Pharmaceutical companies can use RFID to manage the movement of medications and containers through assembly and packaging lines to ensure medicines are put into correctly labelled packages. One of the massive problems facing the pharmaceutical industry is the problem of counterfeit products that end up on store shelves instead of the real thing. There is a significant focus on using RFID in pharmaceutical manufacturing because of the companies interest in using RFID tags to help combat diverting and counterfeiting. RFID tags help doctors match medications to patients. This can eliminate cases of "transfusion confusion" and medical errors.

Medication dispensing:
In one real-world application, RFID tags are embedded in prescription bottles used by the blind and vision impaired. Patients in the program are given compact reading devices that are activated when a prescription bottle is held near. The reader identifies the contents and then, using text-to-speech conversion software, "speaks" the drug contents to the patient. This technology helps ensure that patients take the correct medication. Other information, such as dosage instructions and drug interaction warnings, may also be encoded.

Medical Equipment tracking:
Track the location of expensive and critical instruments and equipment.