Modeling and Analysis of Surgery Patient Identification Using RFID

International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Jeong, Byungho ^a   Cheng, Chen Yang ^b   Prabhu, Vittal ^c  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Patient Identification; Reliability; RFID; Workflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001817363     PISSN: 19355688     EISSN: 19355696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jisss.2009062901     Document Type: Article

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