Creation of a RFID based real time tracking (R-RTT) system for small healthcare clinics.

Journal of Medical Systems
Joseph C Chen, Thomas J Collins

Abstract

A well-managed healthcare system improves the quality of the patient experience. However, many small healthcare clinics have suboptimal systems for scheduling and locating patients and medical staff, delaying the relay of information and creating poor resource and room utilization. This paper proposes a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based Real-Time Tracking (R-RTT) System for optimizing small healthcare facility operations, enabling further optimization of throughput time, room utilization, and patient flow. In the proposed scenario, RFID readers were equipped in strategic locations throughout the facility. Patients and medical staff were issued personalized RFID tags. When they pass through the reader's interrogation zone, it reads their RFID tag and sends the information to a central computer equipped with software capable of filtering the RFID data into useable information. A Visual Basic Application (VBA) program uses the information received from the ID tags to display the location of the patients and staff as they move throughout the facility. This increases their visibility within the facility by allowing medical staff to determine where their colleagues and patients are at all times. The VBA program was also abl...Continue Reading

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Apr 17, 2003·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·Donald M Berwick
Jul 9, 2003·Journal of Medical Systems·Truls OstbyeDarryl Bright
Jun 5, 2007·International Journal of Medical Informatics·Jill A Fisher, Torin Monahan

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Apr 28, 2020·Journal of Biomedical Informatics·Paula Anne Newman-CaseyAmy Cohn
Jan 30, 2020··Dr. Kristin WickingTim McNabb

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