The Relationship of Security, Privacy, Trust, Cost, and Supplier Technical Support to the Adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology Melody Kaag Penn State University Abstract The purpose of this research based article abstract is to discuss research around the adoption of the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in the healthcare industry. Improving healthcare is always a key area of focus. Evolving technology is one way of enabling organizations to become more efficient if they adopt the technology. Through the use of radio waves, this technology can automatically detect objects. Adopting Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology is a way for organizations to increase the efficiency of patient
Wen, Y., Chao-Hsien, C., and Zang, L. (2010). The use of RFID in healthcare. Benefits and
...tions resulting from application of RFID tags involves the widespread monitoring of objects, and in some cases an individual's identity, with or without their knowledge. Legislation and civil rights interest groups reinforce public knowledge of RFID technology, whether in the market or a medical setting. The public needs to be conscious of technology, to be able to defend themselves against inherent threats to their personal rights.
One of Cotton On’s key business values is to dominate their chosen market by being quick, adaptable and dynamic. With tough competition Cotton On has succeeded in standing out with their use of the latest technology, which attempts to win over Gen Y and drag more customers inside their stores. In 2012, Cotton On introduced a fitting room that uses Radio Frequency Identification Technology, which plays a music playlist when a garment is tried on. The system is labelled “Try On Your Sound,” which works by tagging garments with RFID codes. Marketing manager ‘Mark Coombes’ says that as they know that Gen Y define themselves through music and also use fashion as a form of self-expression, they thought, why not combine the two? It gives shoppers
Smart cards also can provide complete identification in certain industries like healthcare. There are numerous benefits of using smart cards for identification. In circumstance like there is a patient who is brought in unconscious or unable to speak, these cards can be used by health professionals to identify him or her to give the appropriate treatments. Now, there’s smart health cards that can improve the security and privacy of patient information which can reduce healthcare fraud. They also support new processes for portable medical records and provide secure access to emergency medical information.
One of the first problems with Digital Angel and the Verichip is the sparseness of information relating to the technology. A quick tour of the Applied Digital Solutions’ Verichip website will give you a quick synopsis of what RFIDs are, and then list a few possible uses of the technology. The Frequently Asked Questions page on the website is equally shortchanged on information, with just a short tidbit on how the chips are installed, among other information. With a device that people will be living with for the rest of their lives (should they choose to bestow it upon them), I feel that many would rather have available detailed information on the technology. This is even more applicable when you consider the hostility that many people breed to technology that could lead to their mass surveillance (i.e. fear of conspiracy); many of these people’s concerns will likely be alleviated just by releasing more detailed info out on the web for the public to see.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a computerized ID innovation that uses radio recurrence waves to exchange information between an onlooker and things that have RFID gadgets, or tags, joined. The tags hold a microchip and receiving wire, and work at universally distinguished standard frequencies. Barcodes are much smaller, lighter and easier than RFID but RFID offers significant advantages. One major advantage of RFID is that the innovation doesn't oblige any observable pathway the tags could be perused as long as they are inside the range of the spectator, whereas in barcodes in order to read the barcode the barcode scanner should close around 10-15 fts. In RFID data, for example, part and serial numbers, assembling dates and support history is put away on the tags and catches which help in maintenance of equipments. RFID technology as high value for asset management and inventory systems
The medical professionals and the patient are facing the introduction of new technologies in the healthcare in order to increase the access in healthcare, decrease the costs and improve the quality of the services provided. These technologies are changing and challenging the traditional health care. (Chaudhry B. et al., 2006). Implementing these technologies introduced new opportunities for transformation of the patient’s role. The patients become more informed and more autonomous, responsible and active in their own care. (Nagel G., 2005)
Financial barriers present an important issue for implementation of Electronic Medical Record. New technology and equipment are expensive to implement, maintain and use. While Electronic Medical Record could effectively for doctors and other caregivers are more convenient in creating, and updating the medical records of patients, the cost is too much to buy the equipment in command to record and securely store patients’ data. Many health care providers do not have enough knowledge and/or experience from using those electronic devices in that capacity; they need to have specific training. Therefore, Kazley (2009) pointed out that the small hospital can be managing efficiency by the EMR. However, the medium and the larger hospitals cannot perform well because the new technologies are so expensive and difficult to manipulate (pp 4,10,34).
The article suggests a possible solution to one of the biggest health care organisations management problem, i.e the problem of the waiting period in emergency departments, by using Teletracking methods and how this technology has made a difference in the flow and operation management in health care organisations in USA. With the introduction of Lean methodology concept in health care organisations, many medical centres have been concentrating more on principles and philosophies in serving the patients better by reducing time and money. Teletracking is a newer technology, using real time location systems which uses radiofrequency identification for tracking equipments, patients summaries using EHRs, physicians duties, pharmacy medicines, etc making information accesibilty much easier and thereby saving much of the physicians time in treating patients and thereby reducing patient waiting time in EDs.
The history of healthcare has changed in the last fifty years. In the 1950’s hospitals and doctors started to put accounting functions on the computer to regulate bills. Ten years later health care institutes started to put their patient information on the computers. At the end of the 1960’s healthcare computer now include who the patient is and what is their diagnosis along with the care plan. As the years go by the healthcare system adds communications that allows other hospitals to review the patients’ records. In 2013 doctors and nurses can use a portable computer device that allow you to input data for the patient and does not require cords.
The process of organization, storage, integration, and the retrieval of medical data of a patient has been traditionally done by the use of a systems based on paper. The limits in the functionality of the paper system has however posed a challenge to the health care providers and have therefore elected to the use of the electronic methods such as the use of electronic health record (EHR) which has continuously improved to telemedicine. The use of the electronic methods has helped in the ease of access to the patient information and has increased the safety of the information. This paper discusses the various ways that the health information is used in the healthcare sector and the tools for improvement of the performance of the information
According to the article,” Advancing Information Technology in Healthcare” Information technology advocate Dr. David Brailer, the former national coordinator of Health Information Technology at the United States Department of Health and Human Services, points out that;” simple strategies can yield tremendous benefits. For example, he suggests by providing each hospital with an electronic health record and then creating a linked network were these records could be accessed. He believes this initiative could potentially eliminate $600 billion a year in healthcare costs. Because this would eliminate repetitive tests and procedures performed when physicians cannot access patient’s information quickly. Another added benefit of Information Technology which can provide health care professionals with easier access to patient’s information allow storage of large database, monitor each patient’s medical history. This would cut down on missing charts, medical errors, and save the hospital money over time by cutting down on paper supplies. For example, in the past most hospitals kept their patient’s information a filing cabinet that could easily get misplaced or lost. In turn, this could lead to misdiagnosing a patient or the wrong medication being given. In order to
United States of America healthcare sector is transitioning; there are changes in how health organizations are delivering their care services to the American citizens. Several issues are driving these changes in the healthcare sector, which include the need to increase the safety and privacy of health information on people and organization. Health information technology assists the organization in improving quality and harnesses the operational costs. It allows seamless sharing of health information and improving organization’s administrative efficiency. Health Information System (HIS) is a system used in the health sector that can capture, store information, manage the data and transmit /send data to the required health department (Balgrosky,2014).
Health care quality and costs have been affected by many factors in the last couple of decades. Health information technology is one of the major factors that contributed to the improvement in health care quality and costs. Health information technology does not have one definite product. Health information technology is information technology that is applied to health and healthcare. Health information technology consists of the computers, softwares, and devices that work together to support health information. “The function in a larger sociotechnical system, including hardware and software, working together in an organization that involves people, processes, and workflows” (Kovner, 2015, p. 313). Health information technology is typically