Patient care management through RFID technology at the naval hospital in Peru.

Abstract

The government of Peru, in accordance with the laws and regulations imposed by advances in health technologies, has raised investment in information systems that present electronic medical records, which allow an agile, timely and dynamic care in the registry in the medical history, and mitigate common errors such as duplication, deterioration and loss of the same. The research shows the benefits of this technology by comparing two sample groups extracted from a population belonging to the Hospital Naval del Perú, where the potential and optimization of time using RFID for the improvement of health care services in different medical specialties.