Enhanced monitoring of tuberculosis patients by using RFID technologies

  • Authors:

  • Chun-Liang Lai;Kwoting Fang;Shou-Wei Chien

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Information Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, 123, Section 3, University Road, Douliou, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan, ROC.;Department of Information Management, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, 123, Section 3, University Road, Douliou, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan, ROC.;Taichung Hospital, Department of Health, 199, Section 1, San Min Rd., Taichung 40343, Taiwan, ROC

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Mobile Communications
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest diseases in the world, especially given its ability to spread through the air. Medical institutes thus isolate active TB patients for a compelling medical cure. This work presents an RFID-based TB Isolation ward Management System (RTIMS) to monitor the location of TB patients. The proposed system using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies supports the hospital in identifying TB patients and monitoring the locations of TB patients, capable of reducing human resources and increasing work efficiency. Importantly, the proposed management system sheds light on RFID implementation practice in a clinical environment for researchers and practitioners.