Using RFID for Pharma End-to-End Traceability Pilot Phases 1 and 2
Technology provider perspectives on RFID interoperability
Technology providers recognize that standards-based, manufacturer-enabled RFID medications simplify integration, strengthen interoperability, and expand RFID adoption.
“Providers have explored the use of RFID in various care settings for years. In an environment with mounting operational, financial, and clinical pressures, there is now a significant tailwind for expanded growth and utilization. We see RFID being leveraged in both broad and niche areas supporting continuous improvement. To achieve true visibility and optimal outcomes, interoperability across various systems and platforms is imperative. This has been well-documented in healthcare IT over the past 25 years and mirrored in our everyday lives: seamless data communication enables some organizations to thrive, while others struggle.”
Marble AI is a healthcare technology company focused on transforming hospital logistics through the integration of RFID, AI, and EHR-connected systems. Its platform, MarbleMeds, enables real-time tracking of high-value medications and supplies—automating inventory management, improving accuracy, and reducing the manual burden on clinical staff. By combining wireless sensing technologies with cloud-based intelligence, Marble helps ensure medications are available when and where they are needed.
“The lack of interoperability among systems is still a major problem across hospital supply chains today. Making sure that systems communicate with each other is paramount to having an infrastructure that actually works for you.”
Intelliguard’s Mira Ecosystem™ is healthcare’s only RFID-based product suite purpose-built to track and manage high-value, high-risk medication inventory across hospitals and health systems. Providers can start in pharmacy or central distribution and seamlessly expand to any location where medications are stored, managed, and accessed—creating a new standard for precision, control, and confidence in medication inventory management.
Built on open GS1 standards, Mira integrates with existing EHR, ERP, and pharmacy systems to help prevent waste, reduce administrative burden on pharmacy and clinical teams, strengthen compliance, and support better inventory and purchasing decisions with real-time visibility and unmatched accuracy.
“Interoperability is the foundation that transforms RFID from a point solution into a true supply chain capability. By building on GS1 standards, we ensure that a medication tagged at the point of manufacture is seamlessly recognized at every step — from distributor to pharmacy to point of care — without custom integration work or proprietary lock-in. Terso's 20-plus years of RFID deployment experience has shown us that when manufacturers, technology providers, and healthcare systems speak the same data language, adoption accelerates, inventory visibility and patient safety improve.”
Terso Solutions, Inc. is the leading provider of automated inventory management solutions for tracking high-value medical and scientific products in the healthcare and life science markets. Terso is backed by over 20 years of RFID and IoT product development and implementation experience. Our product line includes inventory management software, RAIN RFID cabinets, refrigerators, freezers, open-air read points, and mobile solutions. Terso has deployed over 3,500 IoT sensors globally and provides inventory automation at over 1,000 U.S. healthcare facilities.