Title :
Amalgamating RFID and wireless networks for clinical path management
Author :
Lee, Maria R. ; Chin, Le-Pong
Author_Institution :
Department of Information Management, Shih Chien University, Taipei 104, Taiwan China
Abstract :
The clinical path is the organization and sequencing of patient care interventions for a specified procedure. This paper introduces a holistic system, which amalgamates RFID and wireless networks for managing hospitalization process of patients. Re-engineering the treat paths for both surgery and delivery treatments are studied while implementing the RFID. The advantage and efficiency after the deployment of RFID are discussed.
Keywords :
Clinical Path Management; RFID; Wireless Network;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks, 2006 IET International Conference on
Conference_Location :
hangzhou, China
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-644-6