Smart Distributed Embedded Systems for Healthcare Applications

4 Investigations on RFID-Enabled Healthcare Usage and Adoption Issues

Pankaj Palta, Rahul Kakkar, Sumeet Goyal, and Manvinder Sharma

CGC – College of Engineering

Joginder Singh

Chandigarh Group of Colleges

DOI: 10.1201/9781003254119-4

Contents

• 4.1 Background
  • 4.1.1 RFID System
  • 4.1.2 RFID Reader
  • 4.1.3 RFID TAGS
• 4.2 RFID in Healthcare System
  • 4.2.1 Inventory Tracking
  • 4.2.2 Identify Patients
  • 4.2.3 Patient Tracking
  • 4.2.4 Patient Monitoring
  • 4.2.5 Patient Drug Compliance
  • 4.2.6 Cost Saving
• 4.3 RFID Adoption Issues
  • 4.3.1 Communication Range
  • 4.3.2 Lifetime of Active Tags
  • 4.3.3 Microelectromechanical System (MEMS)
  • 4.3.4 Thermoelectric Generator
  • 4.3.5 Electromagnetic Interference
  • 4.3.6 Technological Challenges
  • 4.3.7 Security, Privacy, and Data Management ...