RFID in Health care: A review of the real-world application in hospitals

Document Type

Article

Source of Publication

Procedia Computer Science

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Abstract

Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been considered one of the most promising technologies in healthcare and has been recognized as a smart tool with the potential to overcome many challenges that health care encounters such as inaccurate pharmaceutical stock, inability to track medical equipment, difficulty in tracking patient locations, patient safety incidents, administration of incorrect drugs, medical errors including mislabeled blood samples, and drug quantities. This study builds on work of the author and looks at the real-world experience of adoption in hospitals via a systematic literature review. The findings uncover only a limited number of cases of RFID use in hospitals mainly in the form of pilot studies. Benefits are reported primarily in the area of improved safety, better management of equipment and better efficiency from improved patient flow prediction.

ISSN

1877-0509

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Volume

220

First Page

8

Last Page

15

Disciplines

Computer Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences

Keywords

Radio frequency identification, healthcare organizations, IT adoption

Indexed in Scopus

no

Open Access

yes

Open Access Type

Gold: This publication is openly available in an open access journal/series

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