Tagged for Success: Impactful Applications and Future Opportunities of RFID Technology
ACPE Number:0204-0000-25-419-H04-P/T Content Release Date: February 26, 2026 Expiration Date: February 26, 2027 Activity Type: Application-based CE Credits: 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs), 1.5 points (CPEL Recertification) Activity Fee: Free
Activity Overview
Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been applied successfully in several industries, including manufacturing, supply chain, agriculture, transportation, retail, and logistics. The new and novel uses of RFID technology are continually increasing in healthcare systems. However, implementation in healthcare has not followed the expanded uses of this technology. Key considerations for implementation include the impact on efficiency, safety, visibility, transparency, quality, and costs versus benefits. These can be difficult to understand without knowledge of specific use cases. This educational activity will feature impactful applications, important considerations for implementation, strategies for communicating the benefits to key decisionmakers, new and novel uses, and opportunities for the future with RFID technology.
*Please note, this activity was presented live on December 9, 2025 as part of the ASHP 2025 Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition. You can only claim credit once for this activity; live or home study.
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education with Commendation.
This activity was planned to meet the educational needs of pharmacists, including pharmacy leaders, and pharmacy technicians who practice in hospitals and health systems.
Amanda Beck, PharmD, MS, Activity Chair Director, Department of Pharmacy Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Adjunct Faculty, Pharmacy Technician Training Program Houston Community College Houston, Texas
Amanda Beck, PharmD, MS, is Director of Pharmacy at Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital in Cypress, Texas. Dr. Beck received her PharmD degree from The University of the Incarnate Word - Feik School of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY1/PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Leadership and Administration Residency with The Houston Program and at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. She recently finished building the Pharmacy Department at a brand-new hospital in March of 2025. The Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital features the latest in technology and digital health care innovations for patients and is marketed as the hospital of the future.
David Aguero, PharmD, MSTL, FASHP, FAMIA Director, Medication Systems and Informatics St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis, Tennessee
David Aguero, PharmD, MSTL, FAMIA, FASHP is the director of medication systems and informatics and the program director of the PGY2 pharmacy informatics residency at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. In his role at St. Jude, Aguero leads the medication-use system and supporting technologies, including informatics, pharmaceutical data analytics, and supply chain service lines.
David is recognized as a Fellow of both ASHP and the American Medical Informatics Association. He lends his expertise in RFID technology to the Executive Leadership Committee for GS1 US Healthcare, serves as an expert panel member for the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), the Vizient Clinical Pharmacy Council, and is presently the Chair-Elect of the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Informatics of Technology.
Catherine Floroff, PharmD, BCPS Director, Department of Pharmacy Sentara Healthcare Norfolk, Virginia
Catherine Floroff, PharmD, BCPS is a Director of Pharmacy at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Floroff received her Pharm.D. degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. She completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, followed by a PGY2 Critical Care Residency, at Medical University of South Carolina.
Jeffery S. Vender, MD, MCCM, MBA is the Emeritus, Harris Family Foundation Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology at NorthShore University Health System in Evanston, Illinois and a Clinical Professor at the University of Chicago Pritzker School Of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He is a past member of the NorthShore University Health System Faculty Practice Associates Board of Directors, Past Chair of the Medical Executive Committee for the Professional Staff at NorthShore and previously served on Northshore’s Board of Directors. Dr. Vender served as Chair of Anesthesia from 1990-2015 and received an appointment of adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He served as the Director of the Critical Care Services at Evanston Hospital from 1987-2000 and the Interim Chairman at Northwestern University Department of Anesthesiology from July 1999 until October 2000. Dr. Vender has participated and Chaired numerous state and national committees of various medical organizations, edited several medical texts, has published over 135 articles and book chapters and has been an invited lecturer at over 250 national and international meetings on topics of anesthesiology, critical care, organizational change, and leadership. In addition, Dr. Vender serves as an editor and/or reviewer for many medical journals.
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An ineligible company is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The presence or absence of relevant financial relationships will be disclosed to the activity audience.
The following persons in control of this activity’s content have relevant financial relationships:
Catherine Floroff – Bluesight: Speaker
All other persons in control of content do not have any relevant financial relationships with an ineligible company. As defined by the Standards of Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education definition of ineligible company. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the CE activity.
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CPEL Recertification Credit
This activity offers 1.5 points of CPEL recertification credit. Be sure to claim your CPEL certificate of participation when you process CE to track recertification hours earned. For assistance claiming a CPEL certificate of completion, contact elearning@ashp.org.
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Supported by an educational grant from Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC.
