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Radio Frequency Identification Systems Technology in the Surgical Setting
Paul Nagy, PhD
Informatics Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 pnagy{at}umm.edu
Ivan George
Wendy Bernstein, MD
Jesus Caban, MS
Rosemary Klein, MA
Reuben Mezrich, MD, PhD
Adrian Park, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that will have a profound impact on medicine and the operating room of the future. The purpose of this article is to provide an introduction to this exciting technology and a description of the problems in the perioperative environment that RFID might address to improve safety and increase productivity. Although RFID is still a nascent technology, applications are likely to become much more visible in patient care and treatment areas and will raise questions for practitioners. We also address both the current limitations and what appear to be reasonable near-future possibilities.
Key Words: radio frequency identification systems • patient safety • technology assessment • operating room of the future
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Surgical Innovation, Vol. 13, No. 1,
61-67 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/155335060601300110
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