DocumentCode
546399
Title
A healthcare application based on passive UHF RFID technology
Author
Polycarpou, Anastasis C. ; Gregoriou, George ; Papaloizou, Loizos ; Polycarpou, Panayiotis ; Dimitriou, Antonis ; Bletsas, Aggelos ; Sahalos, John N.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comp. Eng., Univ. of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
fYear
2011
fDate
11-15 April 2011
Firstpage
2814
Lastpage
2818
Abstract
This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a passive UHF radio frequency identification system that was recently installed at a hospital in Cyprus. The three main pillars of this pilot project was patient identification, real-time location service of medical assets, and drug inventory control and monitoring. In this paper, we present the main steps followed during the design and implementation phases, some of the main features of the system application, and major finding drawn after the evaluation and testing of the system in a realistic environment.
Keywords
health care; hospitals; patient monitoring; radiofrequency identification; Cyprus; drug inventory control; healthcare; hospital; medical assets; passive UHF RFID; patient identification; patient monitoring; radio frequency identification; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Drugs; Hospitals; Radiofrequency identification; Sensitivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Rome
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0250-1
Type
conf
Filename
5782164
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