Improving patient safety with RFID and mobile technology.
Medical errors have become a leading cause of death, killing more people each year than AIDS or aeroplane crashes. These medical errors can be classified into five categories: poor decision making, poor communication, inadequate patient monitoring, patient misidentification, inability to respond rapidly and poor patient tracking. Employing innovative information technologies in correcting these deficiencies and meeting the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organistion (JCAHO) patient safety goals is the current trend in enhancing patient safety.
Chao
ChiaCheng
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Department of Management Information System, National ChenChi University, Taipei, Taiwan. vic@wanfang.gov.tw
Jen
WenYuan
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Chi
YanPing
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Lin
Binshan
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D006747:Hospital Communication Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000145:classification / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States