Radio Frequency Identification (RFId) technologies have a great potential to improve process efficiency and effectiveness, thereby they are more and more considered a valuable tool to support operations within healthcare organisations. However, because of the variety of application areas and achievable benefits, structured assessment models are still limited in numbers and a limited support is given to managers in this industry. This paper describes a structured methodology to support the evaluation of the benefits enabled by RFId on "product traceability" applications, thus supporting the decision-making process and contributing to the scientific research effort already given to this topic. The methodology has been applied in an Italian case study.
A 6-step methodology to evaluate the cost and benefits of RFId-based innovation in the healthcare sector
BOREA, CHIARA;MIRAGLIOTTA, GIOVANNI;PALA, EMANUELA;PEREGO, ALESSANDRO;TUMINO, ANGELA
2011-01-01
Abstract
Radio Frequency Identification (RFId) technologies have a great potential to improve process efficiency and effectiveness, thereby they are more and more considered a valuable tool to support operations within healthcare organisations. However, because of the variety of application areas and achievable benefits, structured assessment models are still limited in numbers and a limited support is given to managers in this industry. This paper describes a structured methodology to support the evaluation of the benefits enabled by RFId on "product traceability" applications, thus supporting the decision-making process and contributing to the scientific research effort already given to this topic. The methodology has been applied in an Italian case study.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
