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system reads the tag to compare whether the treatment plan, such as drug,
injection type, and dose of anesthesia information match the correct treat-
ment plan. If it is mismatched, the system would enter an abnormal record
into the database and warn medical staff by sound immediately. The alert
warning system will provide an alarm signal and blink a warning light of
a different color. The red color warning message is to alert medical staff to
observe the condition of the critical patient and provide treatment instantly.
The yellow color is to warn medical staff to visit patients based on scheduled
time. The alerting mechanism controls medical staff following treatment
safety procedures.
15.5 Conclusion
A successful information system should offer an efficient user interface to
clinicians in order to get the most proper consultation results [28]. The RFID
is applied for emergency room workflow, which monitors the patient's wait-
ing time and reduces human errors. Before adopting ER-RFID, the medical
staff identify patient's profile manually; in contrast, after adopting ER-RFID
system, it automatically monitors patient's waiting time and medical treat-
ment process. The contributions of ER-RFID information system is listed in
Table 15.5.
15.5.1 Managerial implications
The RFID system is one of the most important technologies of the twenty-
first century. Enterprises apply RFID to improve its operation efficiency and
TaBLe 15.5
Contributions of ER-RFID Information System
Goal
Content
Contribution
ER-RFID monitors each triage patient's
waiting time and the alerting mechanism
monitors the treatment process.
Monitor waiting
time
Observe triage patient's
waiting time
ER-RFID makes sure the prescription is
correct and the patient is okay.
Prescription error
ER-RFID makes sure the injection is correct
and the patient is okay.
Injection error
Prevent human
errors
ER-RFID makes sure the dose is correct and
the patient is okay.
Anesthesia error
ER-RFID makes sure the surgeon is correct
and the patient is okay.
Surgical error
