Study on the requirements and options for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) application in healthcare: Final report

Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau ; Helen Rebecca Schindler ; Lorenzo Valeri ; Anna-Marie Vilamovska ; Evi Hatziandreu ; Annalijn Conklin

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Emerging Technologies;    Europe;    Health Care Technology;    Patient Safety;    Cost-effectiveness in Health Care;   

RP-ID  :  TR-608/1-EC

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

This report provides an assessment of the main drivers, obstacles and uncertainties surrounding the deployment of RFID in healthcare in Europe. It identifies the most promising RFID applications in healthcare delivery by reviewing potential for increasing patient safety and the reduction of costs. The analysis is based on a thorough review of academic and grey literature and available data sets, a Delphi survey of experts followed by semi-structured key informant interviews, and seven case studies of RFID applications across Europe and the US. The report assesses individual cases to identify the potential and real costs and benefits of RFID deployment in healthcare, as well as the critical success and failure factors of RFID implementation programmes in practice. A framework is presented for conducting actual cost-benefit analyses in the future and to stimulate the effective monitoring and capturing of cost-benefit data in care delivery settings.