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In hospitals, doctors and nurses may need realtime medical data anywhere and at any time. They waste over 30% of their working time searching for and reading information about patients[1]. Furthermore, it is very difficult to record patient information in real time during medical treatment. To overcome these problems, we propose a mobile system using a PDA and a Wi-Fi network. In the United States, adverse drug events (ADEs) are the eighth leading cause of death[2]. Thirty-eight percent of ADEs occur while the nurse or clinician is administering the drug[3]. To prevent ADEs, we propose an RFID system that reduces the risk of a fatal ADE by checking the Five Rights: 1. Identify the right patient, 2. Confirm the right medication, 3. Confirm the right dosage, 4. Confirm the right route, and 5. Confirm the right time[4]. We designed and produced software called A-POC (Advanced Point of Care), and tested it in the Department of pulmonary in Ajou University Medical Center.
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Byun, HY. et al. (2007). Advanced Point of Care System for reducing Adverse Drug Events using 13.56/900 MHz RFID, Wi-Fi, Text-To-Speech Technology in Ajou University Hospital. In: Magjarevic, R., Nagel, J.H. (eds) World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36841-0_92
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