RFID-enabled Real-Time Location System (RTLS) to improve hospital's operations management: An up-to-date typology

International Journal of RF Technologies: Research and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 137-158

  Bendavid, Ygal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

hospitals; operations management; RFID projects; RTLS; typology

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HOSPITALS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; IMPLEMENTATION PROJECTS; OBJECT IDENTIFICATION; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY; REAL-TIME LOCATION; RTLS; TYPOLOGY;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 84894599842     PISSN: 17545730     EISSN: 17545749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RFT-130056     Document Type: Article

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