An Implementation of Interactive RFID Positioning Healthcare System on Mobile Platform

Tai, Kuang-Yen; Yen, S. S.; Chen, Tzer-Shyong; Tseng, Yu-Hsuan

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02613-4_31

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“…Tracking technologies are also favorably envisioned as embedded in smart hospitals and Internet of Things-based hospitals as part of common intelligent health care initiatives to optimize health care processes, improve operational efficiency, and enhance safety for both patients and medical practitioners, particularly benefiting disadvantaged groups such as people who are disabled and older adults [11,[30][31][32][33]. For instance, an assisted living system can locate and track people who are disabled and older adults, alert caregivers in real time in unexpected situations, and support daily activities for people who are disabled and older adults, including reminding them to take their daily medications safely [10,11,34]. Understanding the potential factors involved in the adoption of tracking technology pinpoints the complexities incorporated in taking full advantage of digital innovations, ranging from resource distribution to managerial, operational, and clinical practices central to achieving equitable and smart health care.…”

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Impact of Hospital Characteristics and Governance Structure on the Adoption of Tracking Technologies for Clinical and Supply Chain Use: Longitudinal Study of US Hospitals

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Tao²,

Zhu³

et al. 2022

J Med Internet Res

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Background Despite the increasing adoption rate of tracking technologies in hospitals in the United States, few empirical studies have examined the factors involved in such adoption within different use contexts (eg, clinical and supply chain use contexts). To date, no study has systematically examined how governance structures impact technology adoption in different use contexts in hospitals. Given that the hospital governance structure fundamentally governs health care workflows and operations, understanding its critical role provides a solid foundation from which to explore factors involved in the adoption of tracking technologies in hospitals. Objective This study aims to compare critical factors associated with the adoption of tracking technologies for clinical and supply chain uses and examine how governance structure types affect the adoption of tracking technologies in hospitals. Methods This study was conducted based on a comprehensive and longitudinal national census data set comprising 3623 unique hospitals across 50 states in the United States from 2012 to 2015. Using mixed effects population logistic regression models to account for the effects within and between hospitals, we captured and examined the effects of hospital characteristics, locations, and governance structure on adjustments to the innate development of tracking technology over time. Results From 2012 to 2015, we discovered that the proportion of hospitals in which tracking technologies were fully implemented for clinical use increased from 36.34% (782/2152) to 54.63% (1316/2409), and that for supply chain use increased from 28.58% (615/2152) to 41.3% (995/2409). We also discovered that adoption factors impact the clinical and supply chain use contexts differently. In the clinical use context, compared with hospitals located in urban areas, hospitals in rural areas (odds ratio [OR] 0.68, 95% CI 0.56-0.80) are less likely to fully adopt tracking technologies. In the context of supply chain use, the type of governance structure influences tracking technology adoption. Compared with hospitals not affiliated with a health system, implementation rates increased as hospitals affiliated with a more centralized health system—1.9-fold increase (OR 1.87, 95% CI 1.60-2.13) for decentralized or independent hospitals, 2.4-fold increase (OR 2.40, 95% CI 2.07-2.80) for moderately centralized health systems, and 3.1-fold increase for centralized health systems (OR 3.07, 95% CI 2.67-3.53). Conclusions As the first of such type of studies, we provided a longitudinal overview of how hospital characteristics and governance structure jointly affect adoption rates of tracking technology in both clinical and supply chain use contexts, which is essential for developing intelligent infrastructure for smart hospital systems. This study informs researchers, health care providers, and policy makers that hospital characteristics, locations, and governance structures have different impacts on the adoption of tracking technologies for clinical and supply chain use and on health resource disparities among hospitals of different sizes, locations, and governance structures.

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