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 | | It was at a Home Depot store, where Health Quest CIO Nicholas Christiano and Vassar Brothers CEO Dan Aronzon saw how the retailer used bar codes and RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags to track pallets and trucks, that the idea struck. |
 | | To achieve a manageable process, Vassar Brothers called on IBM and InnerWireless, a Richardson, Texas, wireless platform builder, which led to InnerWireless deploying a system to track and manage the hospital's staff, patients, equipment and processes. |
 | | IBM's expertise in project management technology and the ability to integrate multiple applications to run on the wireless platform allowed Vassar Brothers to re-envision the way it operated and keep pace, Christiano said. |
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