Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-60-2009-1978

Application of Real-Time Locating in Health Care

Dubravko Žigman orcid.org/0000-0002-9231-532X ; Polytechnic of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Slaven Krajina ; Polytechnic of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Krznarić ; Polytechnic of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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 fi re to see if anyone has been trapped inside the building), sports, logistics, retail trade, and offi ces. 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.

Keywords

determining location; global positioning system; intelligent systems; mobile identifier; radiofrequency identifi cation technology; wireless network

Hrčak ID:

45399

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/45399

Publication date:

22.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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