A UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System for Healthcare: Design and Implementation

Anastasis Polycarpou; George Gregoriou; Panayiotis Polycarpou; Loizos Papaloizou; Aggelos Bletsas; Antonis Dimitriou; John Sahalos

Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2010, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, October 18-20, 2010. Revised Selected Papers

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A UHF Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) System for Healthcare: Design and Implementation

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    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}
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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

Anastasis Polycarpou¹^,*, George Gregoriou¹^,*, Panayiotis Polycarpou²^,*, Loizos Papaloizou¹^,*, Aggelos Bletsas³^,*, Antonis Dimitriou⁴^,*, John Sahalos⁴^,*

1: Cyprus Academic Research Institute
2: University of Cyprus
3: Technical University of Crete
4: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

*Contact email: polycarpou.a@unic.ac.cy, gregoriou.g@unic.ac.cy, polikarpou.panayiotis@ucy.ac.cy, papaloizou.loizos@ucy.ac.cy, aggelos@telecom.tuc.gr, antodimi@ee.auth.gr, sahalos@auth.gr

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.

Keywords: RFID e-health patient identification drug inventory control RTLS smart labels

Published: 2012-05-28

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20865-2_32