Cheng Chun-Hung, Kuo Yong-Hong
1Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong.
2Stanley Ho Big Data Decision Analytics Research Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong.
Flex Serv Manuf J. 2016;28(4):593-616. doi: 10.1007/s10696-015-9230-6. Epub 2015 Oct 23.
In this paper, we present an RFID-enabled platform for hospital ward management. Active RFID tags are attached to individuals and assets in the wards. Active RFID readers communicate with the tags continuously and automatically to keep track of the real-time information about the locations of the tagged objects. The data regarding the locations and other transmitted information are stored in the ward management system. This platform enables capabilities of real-time monitoring and tracking of individuals and assets, reporting of ward statistics, and providing intelligence and analytics for hospital ward management. All of these capabilities benefit hospital ward management by enhanced patient safety, increased operational efficiency and throughput, and mitigation of risk of infectious disease widespread. A prototype developed based on our proposed architecture of the platform was tested in a pilot study, which was conducted in two medical wards of the intensive care unit of one of the largest public general hospitals in Hong Kong. This pilot study demonstrates the feasibility of the implementation of this RFID-enabled platform for practical use in hospital wards. Furthermore, the data collected from the pilot study are used to provide data analytics for hospital ward management.
在本文中，我们提出了一个用于医院病房管理的基于射频识别（RFID）技术的平台。有源RFID标签被附着在病房内的人员和资产上。有源RFID阅读器持续自动地与标签通信，以跟踪被标记对象位置的实时信息。有关位置及其他传输信息的数据存储在病房管理系统中。该平台具备对人员和资产进行实时监测与跟踪、报告病房统计数据以及为医院病房管理提供智能分析的能力。所有这些能力通过提高患者安全性、提升运营效率和吞吐量以及降低传染病传播风险，使医院病房管理受益。基于我们所提出的平台架构开发的一个原型在一项试点研究中进行了测试，该试点研究在香港最大的公立综合医院之一的重症监护病房的两个医疗病房中开展。这项试点研究证明了在医院病房实际使用这种基于RFID技术的平台的可行性。此外，从试点研究中收集的数据被用于为医院病房管理提供数据分析。
