Review of RFID in 2007

Why did Healthcare pull ahead?

The vibrant growth of RFID in the Healthcare sector was mainly due to Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) on staff and assets, particularly those using existing WiFi systems in hospitals. There were also many other RFID technologies applied to Healthcare and they provided excellent paybacks and improvements to safety and security. As a result, Healthcare - and no other applicational sector - saw a one percentage point gain in market share. This only took it to 9.2% of all projects, cumulatively, but it is clearly becoming increasingly important. For this appraisal, we ignore our Leisure category because those projects are usually one off races and not ongoing or leading to something bigger. The Military sector increased its percentage of all projects a little.