Research Article
A UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System for Healthcare: Design and Implementation
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-20865-2_32, author={Anastasis Polycarpou and George Gregoriou and Panayiotis Polycarpou and Loizos Papaloizou and Aggelos Bletsas and Antonis Dimitriou and John Sahalos}, title={A UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System for Healthcare: Design and Implementation}, proceedings={Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2010, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, October 18-20, 2010. Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBIHEALTH}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={RFID e-health patient identification drug inventory control RTLS smart labels}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-20865-2_32} }- Anastasis Polycarpou
George Gregoriou
Panayiotis Polycarpou
Loizos Papaloizou
Aggelos Bletsas
Antonis Dimitriou
John Sahalos
Year: 2012
A UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System for Healthcare: Design and Implementation
MOBIHEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20865-2_32
Abstract
This paper presents a customized design of a UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system to be installed at the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Center (BOCOC) in Cyprus. This is a pilot project that aims at evaluating the effectiveness and overall benefits of UHF RFID technology in the healthcare sector. The purpose of the project is threefold: a) Error-free identification of in-hospital patients through the use of RFID wristbands/cards; b) drug inventory control and monitoring; c) Real Time Location Service (RTLS) capable of locating tagged objects within the premises of the hospital. For the three main pillars of the project, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) was developed in order to run on light-weight medical tablet PCs. The application can access data from a secured central database hosting sensitive information regarding patients, drugs, medical assets, and high-value equipment. The communication between the server and the medical tablet PCs is done over an encrypted wireless local access network.
