RFID and health management: Is it a good tool against system inefficiencies?

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 268-297

  Correa, Francisco Aguado ^a   Álvarez Gil, María José ^a   Redín, Lucía Barcos ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Counterfeiting; EPC; Healthcare; Inefficiencies; Privacy tracking; Real time location; RFID

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BLOOD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVENTORY CONTROL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK REDUCTION; SENSOR;

EID: 34248397545     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013164     Document Type: Article

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