| A study of RFID application impacts on medical safety. | |
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PMID: 18583293 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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With the international reform in medical management systems gaining ground worldwide, hospital management has gradually begun to shift its focus from providing expensive medical treatment to improving medical service quality and patient safety. In this study, we discuss the application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and data integrating technology with the medical service, and examine whether or not this technology can enhance medical safety. We also discuss the possible benefits following the application of the RFID system. The findings show that the application of RFID to hospitals can actually generate benefits, which can be further divided into operational structure benefits, users' structure benefits, and organisational and environmental benefits. However, not all these benefits can achieve medical safety. Among them, only the operator and environmental benefits can play such roles. Nevertheless, the application of RFID can bring hospitals towards the integration of technology benefits and improved medical safety. |
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Authors:
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She-I Chang; Chin-Shyh Ou; Cheng-Yuan Ku; Morris Yang |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of electronic healthcare Volume: 4 ISSN: 1741-8453 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2008 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-06-27 Completed Date: 2008-10-31 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101227192 Medline TA: Int J Electron Healthc Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1-23 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Accounting and Information Technology, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsing, Chia-Yi 621, Taiwan. actsic@ccu.edu.tw |
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Efficiency, Organizational
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standards* Evaluation Studies as Topic Hospitals / standards* Humans Medical Errors / prevention & control* Patient Care / standards* Pilot Projects Quality of Health Care / standards* Questionnaires Radio Waves* Regression Analysis Reproducibility of Results Safety / standards* Taiwan |
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