AN RFID-BASED DRUG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A case in Medical Organization

S. L. Ting, S. K. Kwok, Albert H. C. Tsang, W. B. Lee

2010

Abstract

Drug safety has attracted considerable public concern and press attention in recent years. Many precautions have been suggested to ensure the accuracy of drug distribution to patients but the results are not yet fully satisfactory. Enhancement of drug management is undoubtedly a trend to ensure no medication error happen in the healthcare industry, but there is still plenty of room for improvement in this situation. Drug Management System (DMS) is proposed as a platform for the hospital and clinics to explore the drug safety and patient safety. This paper will present the details about DMS for assisting the medical workers in drug replenishing and dispensing process. Also, problems existing in drug safety and benefits bring from DMS are presented.

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L. Ting S., K. Kwok S., H. C. Tsang A. and B. Lee W. (2010). AN RFID-BASED DRUG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A case in Medical Organization . In Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT - Volume 1: ICEHST, (INNOV 2010) ISBN 978-989-8425-15-7, pages 99-107. DOI: 10.5220/0003037700990107


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icehst10,
author={S. L. Ting and S. K. Kwok and Albert H. C. Tsang and W. B. Lee},
title={AN RFID-BASED DRUG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A case in Medical Organization},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT - Volume 1: ICEHST, (INNOV 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={99-107},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003037700990107},
isbn={978-989-8425-15-7},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Innovative Developments in ICT - Volume 1: ICEHST, (INNOV 2010)
TI - AN RFID-BASED DRUG MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A case in Medical Organization
SN - 978-989-8425-15-7
AU - L. Ting S.
AU - K. Kwok S.
AU - H. C. Tsang A.
AU - B. Lee W.
PY - 2010
SP - 99
EP - 107
DO - 10.5220/0003037700990107