RFID Technologies in Healthcare Setting: Applications and Future Perspectives

The paper discusses the use of RFID technologies in healthcare setting examining the status of applications and prospective views. The authors have identified two classes of applications of RFID technologies in healthcare setting: people monitoring/management and items/assets management applications. While for the perspective views it is provided their classification in: future scenarios, emerging applications and needs. Moreover, a discussion on components, development, key strengths and critical issues affecting the RFID usage in healthcare setting is given in the paper.