Title :
Design and implementation of a personal mobile medical assistant
Author :
Yu, Weider D. ; Ramani, Archana
Author_Institution :
San Jose State Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
With the growing popularity of wireless technology in the healthcare area, there is a pressing need to have a proper system in place for patient identification. Errors in patient identification and hence improper administration of medication for example can lead to disastrous results. Also an efficient algorithm needs to be in place to allocate patients to nurses. This paper proposes a wireless medical system with the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology incorporated for correct patient identification. It also suggests a possible model for a resource allocation system, used to allocate patients to nurses.
Keywords :
authorisation; health care; medical administrative data processing; message authentication; mobile computing; notebook computers; radiofrequency identification; resource allocation; Radio Frequency Identification technology; healthcare; improper administration; medication; patient identification; personal mobile medical assistant; resource allocation system; wireless medical system; wireless technology; Authentication; Authorization; Hospitals; Medical services; Medical treatment; Pressing; Productivity; Profitability; Radiofrequency identification; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Enterprise networking and Computing in Healthcare Industry, 2005. HEALTHCOM 2005. Proceedings of 7th International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8940-9
DOI :
10.1109/HEALTH.2005.1500432