Using RFID tags for tracking patients, charts and medical equipment within an integrated health delivery network

A knowledge-based framework enabling decision support in RFID solutions for healthcare

“…Actions recognized via RFID can be logged automatically, thus avoiding lengthy and error-prone manual data input by personnel. Research studies and pilot projects have evaluated the impact of such infrastructures in ordinary hospital activities [3], [8] as well as in emergency conditions due to disasters [9] or epidemics [10]. The integration of RFID into a Hospital Information System (HIS) allows to: automate security (authorization enforcement) and safety (prevention of human error) checks during critical processes such as patient admission, checkout and medication administration; reduce response times in emergency situations; improve efficiency of resource allocation.…”

“…E-healthcare information systems include applications for tele-medicine, tele-health, and tele-homecare services. RFID technology now has significant impact on healthcare systems, with specific reference to tracking and management of patients and medications within hospitals [3]. Benefits of RF identification in hospitals include error prevention in identifying staff, tracking equipment and access regulation to various divisions for patients and doctors [4].…”

Radio Frequency Identification Applications in Smart Hospitals

“…In a hospital, doctors and nurses are engaged in many parallel activities that involve a wide range of documents, charts, drugs, X-ray images, and blood samples. In an endeavor to enhance safety and efficiency in hospitals, research is being done in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications in patient identification [1,2,3,8,9,10,11,15,18], drug adminstration [3,12], access to medical records [1,2,3], transfusion [5,6,7], and equipment, patient, and staff tracking [9,10,18,24].…”

RFID-based Semantic-enhanced Ubiquitous Decision Support System for Healthcare

“…Actions recognized via RFID can be logged automatically, thus avoiding lengthy and error-prone manual data input by personnel. Research studies and pilot projects have evaluated the impact of such infrastructures in ordinary hospital activities [13,10] as well as in emergency conditions due to disasters [7] or epidemics [15]. The integration of RFID into a Hospital Information System (HIS) allows to: automate checks for security (authorization enforcement) and safety (prevention of human error) during critical processes such as patient admission, checkout and drug administration; reduce response times in emergency situations; improve efficiency of resource allocation.…”