RFID Technology and Innovation in Healthcare: A Literature Review

This literature review examines the application of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology in healthcare, addressing issues such as medication errors and data management. It analyzes various research papers to identify the benefits, challenges, and components of RFID systems in healthcare settings. The review covers aspects like data collection, privacy concerns, and the potential for improved efficiency and accuracy in healthcare processes. It also explores the use of neural networks and other tools to predict and implement RFID technology effectively. The analysis includes critical evaluations of methodologies, missed analyses, and potential improvements in research approaches. Desklib provides students access to similar solved assignments and study tools.

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Literature Review (Secondary Research) Template
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CSU ID
Project Topic Title
NOTE: Please you need to use YOUR OWN WORDS in writing this template.
 Your Literature Review Should be in Scope and MUST Address all Your Project's Questions
 You should ONLY use CSU library, or other University Library, and Google search is NOT allowed. The papers
you select should be in last 3 years. If you are in 2018, then you need to collect 2018, 2017, and 2016.
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details.
 Check the Journal ranking (Q1, Q2, …etc) of the journal based on uploaded excel sheet in interact.
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Reference in APA format Chong, A. Y. L., Liu, M. J., Luo, J., & Keng-Boon, O. (2015). Predicting RFID adoption in healthcare supply chain
from the perspectives of users. International Journal of Production Economics, 159, 66-75.
URL of the Reference Authors Names and Emails
and Level of Journal (Q1, Q2, …
Qn)
Keywords in this Reference
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Author Names and emails:
Alain Yee-Loong Chong a,n , Martin J. Liu a,b ,
Jun Luo a,b , Ooi Keng-Boon
Journal Level: NA
RFID, healthcare industry, healthcare supply chain
The Name of the Current
Solution (Technique/ Method/
Scheme/ Algorithm/ Model/
Tool/ Framework/ ... etc )
The Goal (Purpose) of this
Solution & What is the Problem
that need to be solved
What are the components of it?
Techniques: Radio Frequency
Identification device is referred to
as an internet of things
technology that provides high
level benefits to the user who
belongs to the healthcare
industry.
Problem: Due to lack of usage for
the RFID technologies in the
healthcare industries most of the
healthcare industries are facing
major challenges during their system
Pre-Operation: Before the identification of the
issues that the healthcare industries are facing
due to lack of technical applications, the
preliminary level operation was to nominate the
sample size or the participants of the survey. In
order to collect primary data total 252 nurses and
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Tools: Neural network
Applied Area: Healthcare
industry is the applied area of the
technology
application.
Purpose (Goal): The goal of the
research is to identify the issues that
healthcare industries are facing due
to lack of usage of the RFID
technology.
After identifying the challenges the
necessary unified theories that have
to be accepted are also developed in
the journal.
physicians are adopted.
During Surgery: During the course of surgery,
11 numbers of variables are proposed. In addition
to RFID technology the other technologies those
have adopted during the ongoing project
development phase include telemedicine, mobile
healthcare, electronic healthcare system etc.
The Process (Mechanism) of this Work; Means How the Problem has Solved & Advantage & Disadvantage of
Each Step in This Process
The research will help to employ the neural network that are useful to predict the adopted RFID technology I the healthcare
industry and their allocations accordingly. In order to implement the RFID technology and its application certain steps have
been followed by the author of the journal and the stes are as follows:
Process Steps - Pre Operation Advantage Disadvantage (Limitation)
1 Identification of issues of the
healthcare industries
With the identification of the
healthcare industrial issues, the
necessary changes that can be
added to the system can easily
demonstrate.
If the developers fail to identify the
issues then, it will lead the system
towards major failure.
2 Identification of the participants In order to define the application of
RFID technology in the healthcare
industry, questionnaire surveys have
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been conducted. In order to gather
primary data the participants are
nominated at the pre operation
stage.
Process Steps - During Surgery Advantage Disadvantage (Limitation)
1 RFID technology adoption With the help of RFID technology and
RFI tags the users will be able to
store more data in the server and the
ability of decision making also get
improved a lot.
During the adoption of the
technology if the users are found to
not to have proper ideas then the
implementation may face serious
issue.
2 Efforts expectancy In order to facilitate the applications
of the RFID technology the efforts
should be expected by the project
developers.
NA
3 Performance expectancy The performance and ideas of the
system developers will help the
healthcare industries to measure the
performance of the users and all
other developers.
NA
4 Social influence Social influence helps to gain
competitive advantages and
measurable economic profit from the
technology application.
If the healthcare industry fails to
gain proper support and influence
from the sponsors then, the project
will be a failure.
5 Agreeableness After the adoption of all the
components to develop the RFID
supply chain management system in
healthcare industry, if the developers
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agreed to the blueprint then the
implementation will become much
easier.
Major Impact Factors in this Work
For this particular journal the dependent variable is healthcare industry and the independent variable is RFID technology. The
issues of the healthcare industry can be easily resolved with the help of the RFID technology.
Dependent Variable Independent Variable
Healthcare industry Radio frequency identification devices (RFID) technology.
Input and Output Feature of This Solution Contribution & The Value of This Work
Input - Pre
Operation
Output - Pre
Operation
Identification of
the issues of the
healthcare
industry and the
identification of
the participants
associated who
have taken part
in the survey
questionnaires.
In the output of
the pre operation
stage the system
developers will
be able to
identify the
issues.
In order to determine the output of the
journal the researchers have identified
appropriate methodology for the
system development. In the very
initial phase a sampling and data
collection approach is done for system
validity and reliability testing. In order
to accomplish the system the stages
those have been considered include
performance expectancy, efforts
expectancy and facilitating condition.
The authors have gone through vast
investigation for the RFID system and both
of its positive and negative impact in the
healthcare industry.
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Input - During
Surgery
Output - During
Surgery
Neural network
model for the
development of
the RFID
technology in the
healthcare
industry
With the help of
the neural
network model
the difference
between the
actual output and
the desired
output can be
very easily
detected. Due to
its back
propagated
property, the
delta rules can be
applied for the
perfect
adjustment of the
system.
1. what in the method could have
been better?
2. what in the author analyses
were missed?
3. was there a technique that could
have been used, or a question that
could have been asked, that the
researchers did not use or ask?
In order to identify the healthcare
industrial issues no specific method
was identified therefore, a better method
should have to be identified for identifying the
The authors failed to identify the different
approaches through which the RFID technology
can be implemented accordingly.
Yes, there are certain techniques those are used by
the researchers but after the adoption of the RFID
technology for further maintenance the different
technologies those have to be implemented are not
mentioned in this journal.
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issues.
4. were the conclusion justified
and How?
Analyse This Work By Critical
Thinking
The Tools That Assessed this Work
Yes, the conclusion of the journal is
absolutely justified in nature. However,
additions to the RFID technology, the
MIS technology application details are
not appropriately mentioned. The
theoretical implication, practical
implication and the future scope for the
RFID technology are also elaborated
accurately.
In this journal the researchers have
mentioned many theories and addition
to the theories appropriate application
of the theories are also illustrated in a
well organized manner.
Explanatory statistical technique and
neural network are the two different
techniques those are mentioned in this
journal as tools. UTAUT mode s another
model those should be applied by the
nurses and the physicians are also
illustrated in this journal.
Diagram/Flowchart
NA
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Reference in APA format Dimitriou, T. (2016). Key evolving RFID systems: Forward/backward privacy and
ownership transfer of RFID tags. Ad Hoc Networks, 37, 195-208.
URL of the Reference Authors Names and Emails
and Level of Journal (Q1, Q2, …
Qn)
Keywords in this Reference
https://ac-els-cdn-
com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/
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Author Names and emails: Tassos
Dimitriou
RFID system., forwards and backward privacy and
the RFID tags
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Journal Level: NA
The Name of the Current
Solution (Technique/ Method/
Scheme/ Algorithm/ Model/
Tool/ Framework/ ... etc )
The Goal (Purpose) of this
Solution & What is the Problem
that need to be solved
What are the components of it?
Techniques: RFID application
technique
Tools: RFID technology
Applied Area: Ownership
transfer RFID tags
Problem: Different industries are
facing both forward and backward
privacy issues due to lack of usage of
the RFID technology in their business
industries.
Purpose (Goal):
The goal of the journal is to develop
a typical architecture for the RFID
technology to avoid the forward and
backward privacy level issues
accordingly. In context with the
security and privacy risks, users
should control all the necessary
aspects to derive and access the
practice protocol.
Pre-Operation: Due to the widespread usage of
different new technologies, many privacy and
security level risks are eventually arising in RFID
tags processing.
During Surgery: With the help of the
technology the users will be able to find out much
information regarding the objectives that have been accessed
tags. Using the pseudo random generators and its functions
the system can be easily explained. Concrete result about the
primitives and the controlled delegations are also elaborated
in this surgery.
The Process (Mechanism) of this Work; Means How the Problem has Solved & Advantage & Disadvantage of
Each Step in This Process
Process Steps - Pre Operation Advantage Disadvantage (Limitation)
1 Identification of both the forward and If in correct time the issues that may If the developers fail to identify the
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backward issues associated to RFID
tags.
interrupt the applications are
identifies then accordingly different
additional changes to the system can
be accurately incorporated. As RFID
provides unobtrusive and cost
effective system for item
identification to the database and
network, thus in this phase both the
forward and backward level issues
are helpful to identify.
risk properly in accurate time then
the entire system may lead to
failure due to lack of security
applications.
Process Steps - During Surgery Advantage Disadvantage (Limitation)
1 Threat modelling In order to identify the system level
issues, a typical architecture for the
RFID system should be developed in
this phase. This architecture include
RFID tags, readers, backend
database etc.
NA
2 Assumptions RFID tags have the ability to store
different secret information in the
tags. Before the final implementation
of the system the expected
outcomes should have to be
assumed by the system developers
to make sure the set of necessary
outcomes.
NA
3 Designing goal In order to develop the typical
architecture, the project goal should
be defined. It will help the developers
NA
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