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Radio-frequency Identification (RFID) offers a potentially flexible and low cost method of locating objects and tracking people within buildings. RFID systems generally require less infrastructure to be installed than other solutions but have their own limitations. As part of an assisted living system, RFID tools may be useful to locate lost object...
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... differences and advan- tages of a topological map over a topographic map is well illustrated by the London Underground network. The topological map (Figure 1) is inaccurate in terms of location of stations ( Figure 2) but is extremely useful in helping individuals to plan their routes and monitor their journey progress. ...
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... The fight against this problem explains why US regulatory organizations (e.g., Food and Drug Administration) and states (e.g., California) issued a mandate to pharmaceutical firms to adopt a unique identifier (or e-Pedigree) for each pharmaceutical product that will be used along the supply chain to attest to the origin of the said product. More broadly, RFID technology facilitates the tracking and tracing of critical assets (e.g., infusion pumps, wheelchairs) within the healthcare supply chain [36,37]. In addition, the same technology can be used to support all steps related to the blood transfusion process (e.g., identification of blood bags at the collection point, tracking and tracing from the collection point to the healthcare facility) [38]. ...
Despite the high operational and strategic potential of Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in terms of increased healthcare efficiency and effectiveness, and better decision-making, its adoption and use within health care remain fairly low, mainly because of the challenging nature of RFID projects. Further, scholarly research has yet to identify key issues related to RFID projects. The present study intends to fill this knowledge gap in the literature by identifying and rating key issues related to RFID-enabled healthcare transformation projects through a panel of experts using four rounds of the Delphi study. Finally, implications for practice and research are discussed.
... The technology offers an improved means of reducing errors in patient care, including adverse drug effects, allergies, patient-medication mismatches and medication dosage errors (Thuemmler et al., 2007;Tu et al., 2009). It promotes better management of critical healthcare assets (e.g., infusion pumps, wheelchairs) by enabling real-time identification, tracking and tracing (Symonds et al., 2007;Bendavid et al., 2010). All these new capabilities enabled by RFID technology have the potential to facilitate new value creation in healthcare service innovation (Dominguez-Péry et al., 2011). ...
... More broadly, RFID technology facilitates the tracking and tracing of critical assets (e.g. infusion pumps, wheelchairs) within the healthcare supply chain (Symonds et al., 2007;Bendavid et al., 2010). In addition, the same technology can be used to support all steps related to the blood transfusion process (e.g. ...
First coined by members of the RFID community in 1990s, the concept of the 'Internet of Things' is emerging as an important lever for addressing key organisational and societal challenges including megacities management, environmental management, supply chain and healthcare management. At the core of the concept, RFID technology is expected to play a vital role in terms of business value creation and realisation. Despite the high level operational and strategic potential of the technology, very few studies have been conducted on both the importance of RFID relative advantage and the RFID impact on asset management-related processes in healthcare. Filling this research gap is the main objective of this study, by assessing the importance of (a) the relative advantage of RFID in the healthcare sector and (b) the RFID impact on asset management-related processes in healthcare through a panel of experts using three rounds of the Delphi study. Finally, implications for practice and research are discussed.
... The fight against this problem explains why US regulatory organizations (e.g., Food and Drug Administration) and states (e.g., California) issued a mandate to pharmaceutical firms to adopt a unique identifier (or e-Pedigree) for each pharmaceutical product that will be used along the supply chain to attest to the origin of the said product. More broadly, RFID technology facilitates the tracking and tracing of critical assets (e.g., infusion pumps, wheelchairs) within the healthcare supply chain [36,37]. In addition, the same technology can be used to support all steps related to the blood transfusion process (e.g., identification of blood bags at the collection point, tracking and tracing from the collection point to the healthcare facility) [38]. ...
Compared with bar coding technology, what is the importance of the relative advantage of radio frequency identification (RFID) in the healthcare sector? What is the effect of RFID technology on asset management-related processes in healthcare? What are the top-ranked asset management-related processes associated with the adoption and use of RFID technology in this sector? To answer these questions, a three-round Delphi study was conducted among experts working on RFID technology. In the study, a list of 12 processes related to the relative advantage of RFID and 10 processes related to RFID-enabled asset management applications in the healthcare sector were derived from literature and used in a questionnaire. Results indicate that all the top five processes related to the relative advantage of RFID and asset management applications reflect high levels of agreement.
... The fight against this problem explains why US regulatory organizations (e.g., Food and Drug Administration) and states (e.g., California) issued a mandate to pharmaceutical firms to adopt a unique identifier (or e-Pedigree) for each pharmaceutical product that will be used along the supply chain to attest to the origin of the said product. More broadly, RFID technology facilitates the tracking and tracing of critical assets (e.g., infusion pumps, wheelchairs) within the healthcare supply chain [36,37]. In addition, the same technology can be used to support all steps related to the blood transfusion process (e.g., identification of blood bags at the collection point, tracking and tracing from the collection point to the healthcare facility) [38]. ...
Compared with bar coding technology, what is the importance of the relative advantage of radio frequency identification (RFID) in the healthcare sector? What is the effect of RFID technology on asset management-related processes in healthcare? What are the top-ranked asset management-related processes associated with the adoption and use of RFID technology in this sector? To answer these questions, a three-round Delphi study was conducted among experts working on RFID technology. In the study, a list of 12 processes related to the relative advantage of RFID and 10 processes related to RFID-enabled asset management applications in the healthcare sector were derived from literature and used in a questionnaire. Results indicate that all the top five processes related to the relative advantage of RFID and asset management applications reflect high levels of agreement.
... To handle the complex processes, the evolving radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology can be applied to improve peri-operative management with its unique capabilities of identification, locating, and tracking [11][12][13]. RFID, with its unique properties, has been wildly applied into many industries [14,15]. When used in the healthcare industry, the technology is valuable to help healthcare providers in meeting Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' (JCAHO) patient safety goals -in which correct patient identification ranks as top priority [16,17]. ...
To control the workflow for surgical patients, we in-cooperate radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology to develop a Patient Advancement Monitoring System (PAMS) in operation theater.
The web-based PAMS is designed to monitor the whole workflow for the handling of surgical patients. The system integrates multiple data entry ports Across the multi-functional surgical teams. Data are entered into the system through RFID, bar code, palm digital assistance (PDA), ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC), or traditional keyboard at designated checkpoints. Active radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag can initiate data demonstration on the computer screens upon a patient's arrival at any particular checkpoint along the advancement pathway.
The PAMS can manage the progress of operations, patient localization, identity verification, and peri-operative care. The workflow monitoring provides caregivers' instant information sharing to enhance management efficiency.
RFID-initiate surgical workflow control is valuable to meet the safety, quality, efficiency requirements in operation theater.
... As Environmental and Health Agencies register the growing impact and challenges associated with the shift in population demographics, the pressure on resources will continue to increase and, some argue, outstrip the capacity for services to maintain existing levels of care (Symonds et al, 2007, Bos, 2007. It has also been argued (Fratiglioni, et al 2000) that within this changing age profile will be found a medical demographic tilting the health care needs towards chronic conditions such as diabetes, obesity and dementia, with serious impact on the quality of assessment and availability of longer term care. ...
Health care systems around the world, not withstanding significant differences between industrialised and developing nations,
are facing the prospect of nearly 40% of their population being over 65 by 2051. This population dynamic may represent an
important influencing variable for care agencies responsible for solving LFN problems, and related annoyance, as the largest
population of LFN sufferers is in the 50+ age group. This paper considers recent research findings into the effectiveness
of cognitive and behavioural techniques for LFN sufferers and explores the potential for technological systems to help provide
citizens with flexible access to high quality and pro-active health care.
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... In healthcare, particularly, RFID is considered generally more suitable than barcoding and has many potential advantages such as field reading, as opposed to line-of-sight reading. RFID devices can store more data than barcodes and some RFID tags can have data written to them by the interrogator (Symonds et al., 2007). Lee and Shim (2006) identify the following perceived benefits associated with the use of the RFID in healthcare: ...
RFID technology is actually considered a hot topic in all scientific areas and has been described as a major enabling technology for the automation of many processes. Although it is not a new technology it has only recently come to the awareness of the public and is widely used in many sectors and particularly in healthcare. This paper aims to illustrate the utilisation of the RFID technology in healthcare, more precisely in infant security systems within the hospitals. To achieve this objective a case study about the experience of Portuguese hospitals in this system is presented and highlighted the main advantages reached with its utilisation.
... RFID technology is not particularly new and has many current and potential applications outside the healthcare sector [1]. Previous work by the authors [2, 3] has explored the use of RFID for assisted living support, for the elderly or frail. In these systems the user caries an RFID detector around a tagged area, and their location and activity can be inferred from the tags, and hence locations, recorded. ...
Around 11,700 people in New Zealand are members of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind (RNZFB) and suffer from some form of visual i mpairment. The foundation supplies a wide range of assisted living devices along with advice and support. Recently the RNZFB has begun working with AUT to investigate potential applicati ons of Radio Frequency identification Devices (RFID) for particular problems. This paper describe s some of the application areas currently being investigated and the proof of concept prototy pes that are currently being developed.
... 同航班管制系統，手術病人從病房轉進開刀房，至 手術結束出開刀房，病人是屬於動態前進的，流動 性與彈性需求大；且醫療服務具有高度的複雜性及 不確定性，更需要醫療資訊系統的介入，減輕工作 人員負擔、降低管理成本及提昇服務效率。因此， 本研究以RFID導入開刀房，建置一套開刀房手術 病人前進管制系統，整合所有術前、術中、術後資 源系統，增加管理效率、降低錯誤發生的機率，進 而提升醫療服務品質。 RFID技術具有高速動態讀取、多個標籤同時 讀取、資料容量大、反覆讀取、標籤薄且環境耐受 度高等特性，被視為本世紀最重要的前十大技術之 最後確認手術代碼 最後確認手術代碼 最後確認手術代碼 最後確認手術代碼 最後確認主診斷碼 最後確認主診斷碼 最後確認主診斷碼 最後確認主診斷碼 Time out 時間記錄 時間記錄 時間記錄 時間記錄 利 用 主 動 式 RFID 整 合 開 發 手 術 病 人 前 進 監 測 系 統 19 ㄧ[12] [13] [14] ...
Objectives: To improve management competency and to enhance patient safety, we in-cooperate radio-frequency identification (RFID) and web-based database technologies to develop a Patient Advancement Monitoring System (PAMS) in the operation theater. Methods: A web-based SQL database (PAMS) is designed with partial links to hospital information system (HIS). Operation schedule, care process, patient identity verification, and laboratory data are entered into the database separately at various checkpoints along the surgical patient advancement pathway through various data converting ports. The data ports, including RFID, bar code, and ultra-mobile personal computer (UMPC) are chosen considering convenience of field employees at designated checkpoints. Active radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag, in a wrist-band form, is used to initiate data demonstration on the computer screens upon a patient's arrival at any particular checkpoint along the advancement pathway. Results: The RFID-initiated PAMS provides caregivers' instant, wireless information sharing with minimized data entry work loading. The alert and default functions of RFID-initiated PAMS enhance protection of patient safety and improve quality monitoring. The data captured from the PAMS can be analyzed to monitor surgical quality from risk and outcome perspectives. Conclusion: RFID-initiate PAMS is a valuable management tool to meet the safety, quality, efficiency requirements in today's high service volume operation theater.
