THE USE OF RFID IN THE PATIENT TRACKING SYSTEM
ROSHINI A
, DEEPIKA B , LOSHINI
IOT project, Patient tracking system, RFID , Health care
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) though finds its use in many
applications, still has to be accepted in a clear view. Talking in the perspective of
a patient the only thing that strikes first is that lots of treatments undergone, many
health records to be maintained, and after which remembering the concerned
doctor’s name and other details. This becomes impossible at a certain point of
time when the details have to be conveyed. To make it easier this concept of
maintaining a centralized information system and sharing has been proposed
through the use of RFID technology. RFID is known for its unique ID number.
Using this advantage, in the first section the monitoring of a patient is done
whenever he arrives at the hospital. In case of any shifts from the hospital the
information is still available. Every patient is provided with a unique RFID number
and all the details regarding the patient and treatments are stored in a centralized
database which is retrieved by the server. The second section is patient tracking
where in case of any emergency in a closed environment the patient is provided
with assistance in a short span of time. The patient is regularly monitored by the
temperature and heartbeat sensor. The moment the value crosses the normal
range a message is sent through GSM/GPS to the nearest hospital with its
location and also to a relative. Assistance is provided accordingly to the patient.
Perceived advantages are the major aspect in promoting RFID use in
healthcare. The research concludes that RFID in patient tracking system has
barriers like privacy issues. Besides the advantages, there are also
disadvantages of using RFID technology in the patient tracking system. To make
the system more secure, issues related to the patient safety (i.e., security,
privacy) need to be resolved.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has become popular in so many fields
from military to industry applications. RFID tags have been embedded into
manyvarious products especially in logistics sector. A tag stores individual
information of its attached object and an RFID reader communicates with the tag
in radio frequencies to identify the object. This object to be monitored may also be
a human. In our work, RFID technology is applied in health care systems. The
system supports wireless mobile communication between the RFID tags and
readers. Each patient available in the system is inherently mobile and wears a
bracelet integrated with a unique tag, and the readers are mobile PDA devices
each including a wireless RFID reader card. The proposed application can be
used to identify and monitor the patients.
KEYWORDS: GSM Modem, MAX 232 IC, PIC micro-controller, RFID Reader,
RFID Tag.
I. INTRODUCTION:
RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. RFID is one member in the
family of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) technologies and is a
fast and reliable means of identifying objects. There are two main components:
The Interrogator (RFID Reader) which transmits and receives the signal and the
Transponder (tag) that is attached to the object. RFID leverages electromagnetic
or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic
spectrum to identify objects over a distance of potentially several meters. While its
origins can be traced back to 1940s its commercial applications have started
expanding significantly recently as a replacement or supplement to barcode
technology, thanks in part to standardization, availability of commercial off-the-
shelf (COTS) components, and their reducing cost.
RFID systems are employed to track shipments and manage supply-chains and
to automate toll collection on highways, and are being deployed for many new
application areas (e.g., passports, airline boarding passes, luggage tags, etc.). In
this work, we experimentally examine the patient details and track them in the
case of an emergency in an indoor environment. Our focus is on the people
(patients) who do not have any assistance at home particularly the oldies who are
totally on bed. Our implementation highlights the monitoring techniques in RFID
technology. We have structured our paper in two sections
RFID has recently been used in hospital administration. In the hospital, the
RFID is useful for promptly retrieving and tracking the situations of patients.
Creating a more secure healthcare system might reduce the incidence of medical
mistakes.
"THE USE OF RFID IN THE PATIENT TRACKING SYSTEM", IJNRD - INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (www.IJNRD.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.c773-c779, March-2023, Available :https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2303288.pdf
Volume 8
Issue 3,
March-2023
Pages : c773-c779
Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_188758
Published Paper Id: IJNRD2303288
Downloads: 000118921
Research Area: Computer Engineering
Country: PORUR, Tamil Nadu, India
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