Pervasive Observation Medicine: The Application of RFID to Improve Patient Safety in Observation Unit of Hospital Emergency Department

Overview

Journal Stud Health Technol Inform

Publisher IOS Press

Specialties Biomedical Engineering
Biotechnology
Health Services
Medical Informatics

Date 2005 Sep 15

PMID 16160277

Citations 7

Authors

Chang-I Chen

Cheng-Yaw Liu

Yu-Chuan Li

Chia-Cheng Chao

Chien-Tsai Liu

Chieh-Feng Chen

Ching-Feng Kuan

Affiliations

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Abstract

Over the past decade, observation medicine has become an important component of emergency medicine. There are several settings in which observation medicine has been useful and valuable.(1) RFID as the patient identification, not only generates the on-line laboratory data and radiology report via hand-held wireless PDA, this RFID system help physician stream-line patient admission to acute bed or ICU in the emergency department more effectively.

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