Fisher Jill A, Monahan Torin
Justice & Social Inquiry, Arizona State University, PO Box 870403, Tempe, AZ 85287-0403, USA.
Int J Med Inform. 2008 Mar;77(3):176-83. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.04.010. Epub 2007 Jun 4.
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an emerging technology that is rapidly becoming the standard for hospitals to track inventory, identify patients, and manage personnel.
Research involved qualitative methods including participant observation and interviews with hospital staff members and industry consultants in the United States.
Hospital staff, especially nurses, expressed concern about the surveillance potential of these tracking technologies. Additionally, nursing staff frequently experience an intensification of labor as a result of the implementation of RFID systems because the task of keeping the systems operational often falls upon them.
The social and organizational factors that contribute to the success or failure of RFID systems in hospitals must be further analyzed. The implications of RFID systems, such as privacy concerns and work intensification for nursing and other hospital staff, should be taken into account from the outset, especially during the design and implementation of the technology.
射频识别（RFID）是一项新兴技术，正迅速成为医院跟踪库存、识别患者和管理人员的标准。
研究采用了定性方法，包括参与观察以及对美国医院工作人员和行业顾问的访谈。
医院工作人员，尤其是护士，对这些跟踪技术的监控潜力表示担忧。此外，由于RFID系统的实施，护理人员经常会经历劳动强度的增加，因为维持系统运行的任务往往落在他们身上。
必须进一步分析影响医院RFID系统成败的社会和组织因素。应从一开始就考虑RFID系统的影响，如隐私问题以及对护理人员和其他医院工作人员工作强度的影响，尤其是在技术的设计和实施阶段。
