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Information Systems and Health Care-II: Back to the Future with RFID: Lessons Learned - Some Old, Some New

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Healthcare facilities face limited resources and expanding expenses. Emerging information technologies offer a means for healthcare to measure and control their resources and workflow processes, and ultimately improve patient care. The usefulness of one emerging information technology, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), is examined in a "proof of application" study conducted at a Level-1 trauma unit. Results from the study suggest not only that RFID technology can assist in the measurement and ultimate control of workflow processes, but also that traditional and non-traditional IS practices are necessary for successful RFID implementation. Lessons learned about the idiosyncrasies of RFID implementation and the cleansing and analysis of RFID-generated data are reported.

Source: Communications of the Association for Information Systems

DOI: 10.17705/1cais.01507

Authors: Brian D. Janz, Mitzi G. Pitts, Robert F. Otondo

Institutions: University of Maryland, Baltimore, University of Memphis

Language: English

Topic: RFID technology advancements

Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, George Washington University, University of Memphis, Office of Naval Research

OpenAlex ID: W205583357

FWCI: 8.402

Cites: 18

Cited by: 94

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