Deployment of RFID in Healthcare Facilities--Experimental Design in MRI Department

Authors:
Chen-Yang Cheng;Jyh-Wen Chai
Affiliations:
Department of Industrial Engineering and Enterprise Information, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan;Department of Radiology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
Venue:
Journal of Medical Systems
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Patient safety has become an important issue due to medical errors. Some health care systems use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to identify patients during medical procedures. However, the RFID data readability especially depends upon the environment, an investigation of data reliability and signal loss is essential to making an effective deployment plan. The operation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is the major source of electromagnetic interference in the hospital. Therefore, this research conducts an experimental design of reading performance considering various notable factors in the MRI department. In addition to the readability experiment, this paper also measures the efficiency and reliability of implementing RFID technology in the MRI department using a simulation approach and helps hospitals by providing the measured outcomes.