Setting safety standards by designing a low-budget and compatible patient identification system based on passive RFID technology
by C. Thuemmler, W. Buchanan, V. Kumar
International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management (IJHTM), Vol. 8, No. 5, 2007

Abstract: This paper outlines a large-scale audit for the enhancement of quality of care and staff and patient safety using passive RFID (Radio Frequency ID) wrist bands, which link to a patient's database, in order to reduce errors in patient care. It has been developed with a collaboration between the University Hospital, Birmingham, UK and Napier University, UK. The key feature of the work is the usage of passive RFID tags as an integral part of a low budget out-of-the box strategic patient information system which should be compatible with most hospital IT systems.

Online publication date: Thu, 03-May-2007

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