The benefits of RFID technology in the healthcare sector are widely acknowledged. Nevertheless, the adoption of RFID as a means for pure item identification prevents adequate support to most knowledge-intensive medical tasks. Here an innovative Decision Support System for healthcare applications is presented, based on a semantic enhancement of RFID standard protocols. Semantically annotated descriptions of both medications and patient's case history are stored in RFID tags and used to help doctors in providing the correct therapy. The proposed system allows to discover possible incompatibilities in a therapy suggesting alternative treatments. © 2010 IEEE.
A knowledge-based framework enabling decision support in RFID solutions for healthcare
Ruta, Michele.;Di Sciascio, Eugenio.;Scioscia, Crescenzio
2010-01-01
Abstract
The benefits of RFID technology in the healthcare sector are widely acknowledged. Nevertheless, the adoption of RFID as a means for pure item identification prevents adequate support to most knowledge-intensive medical tasks. Here an innovative Decision Support System for healthcare applications is presented, based on a semantic enhancement of RFID standard protocols. Semantically annotated descriptions of both medications and patient's case history are stored in RFID tags and used to help doctors in providing the correct therapy. The proposed system allows to discover possible incompatibilities in a therapy suggesting alternative treatments. © 2010 IEEE.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
