Building a smart hospital using RFID technologies

European Conference on eHealth 2006, Proceedings of the ECEH 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 131-142

  Fuhrer, Patrik ^a   Guinard, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

eHealth; EPC network standards; RFID; Smart hospital; Workflow optimization in healthcare

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; DISTRIBUTED SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; EHEALTH; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EPC NETWORK; FULLY INTEGRATED; GROWTH AREAS; HOSPITAL SERVICE; PATIENT SAFETY; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RFID TECHNOLOGY; SMART HOSPITAL; TRACKING APPLICATION; WORKFLOW OPTIMIZATION;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; MOBILE DEVICES; OPTIMIZATION; RETAIL STORES;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84873475718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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