A model for quantifying the value of RFID-enabled equipment tracking in hospitals

Advanced Engineering Informatics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Qu, Xiuli ^a   Simpson, Lakausha T ^a   Stanfield, Paul ^a  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment tracking; Healthcare; Hospitals; Radio frequency identification (RFID)

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; MAINTENANCE POLICY; MARKOV CHAIN MODELS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; RETURNS ON INVESTMENT; STAFF TIME; TRACKING SYSTEM;

HOSPITALS; INSTALLATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID); RADIO WAVES; SECURITY OF DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 78650610372     PISSN: 14740346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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