IDtechEx (2006) states that the market for RFID tags and systems in healthcare will grow rapidly from $90 million in 2006 to $2.1 billion in 2016.
This growth will primarily be due to item level tagging of drugs and real time locating systems (RTLS) for staff, patients and assets.
This will, in turn, improve efficiency, safety and availability and reduce losses.
The same report summarizes the main purposes RFID application in healthcare.