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. 2005:116:311-5.

Pervasive Observation Medicine: The Application of RFID to Improve Patient Safety in Observation Unit of Hospital Emergency Department

Chang-I Chen  1 , Cheng-Yaw Liu, Yu-Chuan Li, Chia-Cheng Chao, Chien-Tsai Liu, Chieh-Feng Chen, Ching-Feng Kuan
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Pervasive Observation Medicine: The Application of RFID to Improve Patient Safety in Observation Unit of Hospital Emergency Department

Chang-I Chen et al. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2005.

Abstract

Over the past decade, observation medicine has become an important component of emergency medicine. There are several settings in which observation medicine has been useful and valuable.(1) RFID as the patient identification, not only generates the on-line laboratory data and radiology report via hand-held wireless PDA, this RFID system help physician stream-line patient admission to acute bed or ICU in the emergency department more effectively.

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