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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) provides an opportunity to explore a new approach with regards to information management and demonstrates an evolved business paradigm shift with regards to the Logistics Flows within Supply Chain Management of Blood Pack Handling (BPH). BPH is a mission-critical activity within the medical community and life s...
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... inventory process as an example to prevent the handling errors and to reduce time and man-power. Figure 12 illustrates the design of the ICT infrastructure compliant to the new process encompassing RFID devices by the blood donation center, where the layout of RFID readers on the gates is the major consideration and one “as-is” step can be eliminated. IT, Test and Ingredient Division shown in Figure 12 require multiple bar code readers and printers before RFID deployment (AS-IS). The three divisions just need a RFID reader after RFID implementation (TO-BE). The purpose of this study is to utilize RFID technology for improving the BPH process. Targeted expectation can be classified into two parts. Quantity: time and manpower. Quality: security, timeliness and transparency of blood bag dispatch flow. After re-engineering the existing process, some improvements have been identified. Table 2 illustrates in-stock pre and post reengineering improvement (time and manpower). Table 3 shows out-stock pre- and post-process improvement (time and manpower). Normally, each batch blood bag in-stock process, we can save 62 man-min (60 + 2 + 24 - 24), improvement rate is 72.09% (65/89). For special case, we can save 105 man-min (60 + 2 + 3 +90 + 24 -50 -24), improvement rate is 58.66% (105/179). Each blood bag out-stock process, we can save 14 man-min (12 + 12 + 2 + 2 - 12 - 2), improvement rate is 50% (14/28). Excluding in-stock and out-stock improvements, the daily inventory control task handled by supply division at 2 men, 40 minutes each can be reduced. This task can be completely replaced by RFID application technology, improvement rate is 100% (80/80). Table 4 shows the pre and post improvement for blood ingredient division, 120 man-min (120 + 60 + 120 + 200 + 120 - 60 - 120 - 200 - 120) can be reduced and the improvement rate is 19.35% 9,120/620). The case study shows two kinds of advantages from EPC network infrastructure. One is more accurate information, and the other is blood bag movement trajectory in the complete supply chain. The quality improvements from RFID include: 1. Security: Temperature data is critical for the BPH (Blood Pack Handling) process. The safety of blood bag can be assessed if various temperature data were recorded. For example, if the data of blood temperature could be updated during transportation, we can ensure its quality and improve safety of blood usage. RFID tag is durable and anti-counterfeiting, so data is accurate and the blood usage safety can be improved. If RFID is widely used in the medical care environment, the blood safety usage can be improved dramatically once the blood bags, blood donators and patients are linked together. However, the implementation of RFID infrastructure in the medial care environment is not the major purpose of this study. 2. Timeliness: After re-engineer and shorten process time, the blood bags will be ready-to-use much ...
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... inventory process as an example to prevent the handling errors and to reduce time and man-power. Figure 12 illustrates the design of the ICT infrastructure compliant to the new process encompassing RFID devices by the blood donation center, where the layout of RFID readers on the gates is the major consideration and one “as-is” step can be eliminated. IT, Test and Ingredient Division shown in Figure 12 require multiple bar code readers and printers before RFID deployment (AS-IS). The three divisions just need a RFID reader after RFID implementation (TO-BE). The purpose of this study is to utilize RFID technology for improving the BPH process. Targeted expectation can be classified into two parts. Quantity: time and manpower. Quality: security, timeliness and transparency of blood bag dispatch flow. After re-engineering the existing process, some improvements have been identified. Table 2 illustrates in-stock pre and post reengineering improvement (time and manpower). Table 3 shows out-stock pre- and post-process improvement (time and manpower). Normally, each batch blood bag in-stock process, we can save 62 man-min (60 + 2 + 24 - 24), improvement rate is 72.09% (65/89). For special case, we can save 105 man-min (60 + 2 + 3 +90 + 24 -50 -24), improvement rate is 58.66% (105/179). Each blood bag out-stock process, we can save 14 man-min (12 + 12 + 2 + 2 - 12 - 2), improvement rate is 50% (14/28). Excluding in-stock and out-stock improvements, the daily inventory control task handled by supply division at 2 men, 40 minutes each can be reduced. This task can be completely replaced by RFID application technology, improvement rate is 100% (80/80). Table 4 shows the pre and post improvement for blood ingredient division, 120 man-min (120 + 60 + 120 + 200 + 120 - 60 - 120 - 200 - 120) can be reduced and the improvement rate is 19.35% 9,120/620). The case study shows two kinds of advantages from EPC network infrastructure. One is more accurate information, and the other is blood bag movement trajectory in the complete supply chain. The quality improvements from RFID include: 1. Security: Temperature data is critical for the BPH (Blood Pack Handling) process. The safety of blood bag can be assessed if various temperature data were recorded. For example, if the data of blood temperature could be updated during transportation, we can ensure its quality and improve safety of blood usage. RFID tag is durable and anti-counterfeiting, so data is accurate and the blood usage safety can be improved. If RFID is widely used in the medical care environment, the blood safety usage can be improved dramatically once the blood bags, blood donators and patients are linked together. However, the implementation of RFID infrastructure in the medial care environment is not the major purpose of this study. 2. Timeliness: After re-engineer and shorten process time, the blood bags will be ready-to-use much ...
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... Fourth, Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), 38 an industry standard in BPM (unlike WebDPF) proposed by the Object Management Group in 2010, with more than 100 predefined process notations, has not been purely adopted in modeling BB&T processes, except in 2008 and late 2018, as per the current landscape of the literature. As reported in 2008, 23 BPMN was utilized to model the implementation of radio frequency identification (RFID) in relation to the analysis of blood pack handling processes for blood acquisition, blood examination, and pack inventory, which may suggest extending such work to derive related data models to inform quantitative and qualitative evaluation for the related key performance indicators (KPIs), and hence contributed to data-driven process improvement in BB&T. However, the case study was limited to the application of one process in relation to blood donation in hospitals, which is not representative enough in the virtual domain of BB&T. ...
... However, the case study was limited to the application of one process in relation to blood donation in hospitals, which is not representative enough in the virtual domain of BB&T. 23 In other research, conducted in late 2018, BPMN was utilized in a cancer care center to model blood and marrow transplant (BMT) laboratory processes. 7 This resulted in deriving process-based specimen states, 7 with process versus states tracking, which informed the discovery of informational entities 10 that can be utilized to inform the basis for developing information and data models/databases for the concerned BMT laboratory workflow. ...
... 32 With regard to improving cost-effectiveness in BB&T processes, several researchers have reported their findings. 22,23,25,28,32 Workflow analysis has contributed information about decreasing costs and time cycles after automating manual methods. For example, the RFID technology was utilized in handling blood pack product supply processes. ...
Purpose
The current state of the art in process modeling of blood banking and transfusion services is not well grounded; methodological reviews are lacking to bridge the gap between such blood banking and transfusion processes (and their models) and their automation. This research aims to fill this gap with a methodological review.
Methods
A systematic mapping study was adopted, driven by five key research questions. Identified research studies were accepted based on fulfilling the following inclusion criteria: 1) research studies should focus on blood banking and transfusion process modeling since the late 1970s; and 2) research studies should focus on process automation in relation to workflow-based systems, with papers classified into categories in line with the analysis undertaken to answer each of the research questions.
Results
The search identified 22 papers related to modeling and automation of blood banking and transfusion, published in the period 1979–2022. The findings revealed that only four process modeling languages were reported to visualize process workflows. The preparation of blood components, serologic testing, blood distribution, apheresis, preparation for emergencies, maintaining blood banking and transfusion safety, and documentation have not been reported to have been modeled in the literature. This review revealed the lack of use of Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) as the industry standard process modeling language in the domain. The review also indicated a deficiency in modeling specialized processes in blood banking and transfusion, with the majority of reported processes being described as high level, but lacking elaboration. Automation was reported to improve transfusion safety, and to reduce cost, time cycle, and human errors.
Conclusion
The work highlights the non-existence of a developed process architectural framework for blood banking and transfusion processes, which is needed to lay the groundwork for identifying and modeling strategic, managerial, and operational processes to bridge the gap with their enactment in healthcare systems. This paves the way for the development of a data-harvesting platform for blood banking and transfusion services.
... Tsai and Chiang put forward the framework in four broad areas: pervasive devices, networking, middleware, and applications in which the organic agents are seamlessly integrated into the environment and provides useful services to humans in their everyday lives on the case of the Ubiquitous Intellectual Properties Management System of NPM including multimedia Digital Archives, Digital Museum, and e-learning project [32]. Chiang and Huang have put the consensus forming as the starting point of the realization of IoT services so that the organic agents can have a meaningful social relationship with one another [33]. With regard to Hybrid Cloud with connection IoTs, Chiang has developed an approach for authentication and authorization based on OpenID and Oauth for social networks on the Cloud [34] and proposed a systematics collaboration framework with respect to interoperation [35]. ...
Fifth generation (5G) mobile networks can accomplish enhanced communication capabilities and desired to connect things in addition to people. By means of optimally splitting the spectrum to integrate more efficient segments, mobile operators can deliver better Quality of Services (QoS) for Internet of Things (IoT), even the nowadays so-called metaverse need broadband mobile communication. Drawing on the Theory of Quality Value Transformation, we developed a 5G ecosystem as a sustainable organic coalition constituted of planners, providers, and users. Most importantly, we put forward the altruism as the ethics drive for the organic cooperative evolution to sustain the inclusive sharing economy to solve the problem of the Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. On the top of the collaboration framework for the coalition game for 5G, we adopted Pareto Optimality as the target situation for the optimization via cooperative evolution and further apply ISO 25000 to define the metrics for the value of 5G corresponding to Pareto Frontier. Based on the collaboration framework as above, we conducted a survey to gather the features and costs for the 5G spectrum in relation to IoT and the financial status of the mobile operators as the constraint for the optimization. Taking Simultaneous Multi-Round Auction (SMRA) as the standard rule for spectrum auction, we developed a novel optimization program of two hybrid metaheuristics with the combination of Simulated Annealing (SA), Genetic Algorithm (GA), and Random Optimization (RO) for the multiple objectives of quality, usability, and costs. The results of the simulation show that the coalition game for 5G spectrum auction is a dynamic group decision in which the government authority and mobile operators can achieve a synergy to maximize the profits, quality score, and usability, and minimize the costs. Last but not least, the hybrid metaheuristic with SA and RO is more efficient and effective than that with GA and BO, from the perspective of inclusive sharing economy. It is the first study of its kind as we know.
... Most earlier research on RFID adoption has focused on showcasing the business value of the adoption process across sectors as diverse as retail, logistics, consumer products, transport and healthcare (e.g. Katz 2005;Wexler, 2005;Sun & Sun, 2012, Bendavid & Cassivi, 2010Lefebvre et al, 2005;Poon et al, 2009;Vijayaraman & Osyk, 2006;, Chiang & Huang, 2008Tzeng et al, 2008;Chuang, 2005). More recent studies on RFID adoption have focused on issues pertaining to organizational acceptance, adoption, implementation, organizational determinants, and key success factors (e.g. ...
Blood transfusion is a critical health care process due to the nature of the products handled and the complexity driven by the strong interdependence among the sub‐processes involved. Most of the errors causing adverse events originate during the blood logistics activities. Several literature contributions apply risk management to the transfusion process but often in a fragmented and reactive way. Moreover, few of them focus on logistics risks and assess the effectiveness of risk responses through operational key performance indicators (KPIs). The present paper applies a comprehensive and structured approach to proactively identify and analyse logistics risks as well as define responses to improve blood bag traceability, focusing on hospital wards. The implementation of such actions is monitored by specific KPIs whose measurement enables an improved communication flow among actors allowing to uncover residual risks. Future research will extend the application to further blood transfusion settings and supply chain echelons. The outcomes of this work might assist practitioners in improving policy making about blood supply chains. As a matter of fact, they allow a better understanding of the associated material and informational flows and the related risks, which supports setting effective strategies to either prevent adverse events or mitigate their effects.
