Mobile Identification: NFC in the Healthcare Sector

Author

Puma, J.P. ; Huerta, Milagros ; Alvizu, Rodolfo ; Clotet, R.

Author_Institution

Escuela de Ing. de Telecomun., Univ. Catolica Andres Bello, Caracas, Venezuela

fYear

2012

fDate

7-9 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

42

Abstract

In the midterm future Near Field Communications (NFC) is expected to spread up within the healthcare sector. This article reviews the use of NFC in the healthcare sector. Application areas, use cases, potential benefits and barriers, will be presented. The present study provides guidance for researchers in adopting and deploying NFC in medical sector. The main healthcare and security applications are patient´s identification and medication control. NFC can also be used in deploying resource control, management and data acquisition and remote delivery applications. The main benefits of NFC are: improvement of care quality, existence of standards and applications with friendly human interface. The main barriers are: limited availability of mobile phones with NFC, deployment costs, security, technology limitations and support of the health centre staff.

Keywords

biomedical communication; data acquisition; mobile radio; near-field communication; patient monitoring; NFC; data acquisition; healthcare sector; medical sector; medication control; mobile identification; mobile phones; near field communications; patient identification; remote delivery; resource control; resource management; security applications; IEC standards; ISO standards; Medical services; Mobile handsets; Radiofrequency identification; Security; Mobile Identification; Near Field Communication; healthcare;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Andean Region International Conference (ANDESCON), 2012 VI

Conference_Location

Cuenca

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4427-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/Andescon.2012.19

Filename

6424116