title: The development of a Patient-Identification-Oriented Nursing Shift Exchange Support System using wireless RFID PDA techniques.
abstract: The objectives of this study were to technically testing the feasibility of combining RFID and PDA technologies in nursing care and to develop a support system for the nursing shift exchange, which featured with "Positive Patient Identification" and "Point of Care" for patient's safety and security. The most challenging part for the future work would be to embed the system into the real workflow. Future study would be to examine the practical effectiveness of the system.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Informatics and Decision Making, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Pin-Jen
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chien-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: She
authors.forename: Polun
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D034201:Computers, Handheld; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling