title: Application of real-time locating in health care.
abstract: This paper describes real-time locating technology and its possible use in health care. Real time locating may be applied in different segments of everyday life, including hospitals (medical equipment and devices, locating patients, and alarm in case of emergency), working environment (locating persons to control access to restricted areas or in case of fire to see if anyone has been trapped inside the building), sports, logistics, retail trade, and offices. Tagged hospital equipment is easy to trace inside hospital premises and the system makes it possible to track patients and staff, and to redistribute work in particular wards.
authors.affiliation: Polytechnic of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. dzigman@tvz.hr
authors.forename: Dubravko
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zigman
authors.forename: Slaven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krajina
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krznarić
mesh_terms: D004865:Equipment and Supplies, Hospital; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients; D010564:Personnel, Hospital