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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Supply Chain Management

Background:

  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is crucial for logistics and Industry 4.0 automation.
  • RFID technology offers cost-effectiveness and ease of deployment for item tracking.
  • Digitalization in hospitals, including RFID, improves efficiency and patient safety.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the state-of-the-art of RFID in e-Health applications.
  • To identify limitations, particularly in the physical layer characterization of RFID systems.
  • To describe a scalable UHF RFID system for hospital asset tracking and management.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of RFID in e-Health.
  • Analysis of physical layer challenges in RFID deployments.
  • Design and description of a UHF RFID system architecture for hospitals.
  • Database integration with mobile devices for asset monitoring.

Main Results:

  • Significant effort exists in RFID software, but physical layer studies are often neglected.
  • A UHF RFID system architecture is proposed for scalable hospital asset tracking.
  • UHF RFID offers advantages in hardware infrastructure minimization and coverage customization.
  • Mobile devices provide real-time asset location and status information.

Conclusions:

  • Proper physical layer characterization is essential for reliable RFID system functionality in healthcare.
  • The proposed UHF RFID system architecture is scalable and adaptable for diverse medical services.
  • RFID technology significantly contributes to the efficiency and safety of hospital operations.