AN RFID BASED DEVICE FOR INNOVATING THE PATIENTS MANAGEMENT

The advent of computer systems in support of medical procedures has significantly improved healthcare services quality, and the patients’ general quality of life. Nevertheless, these benefits not always improve patient’s health directly. For example, in the case of an emergency relief to an injured or sick person, it is essential to obtain timely patient's past medical history in order to prevent the supply of incorrect treatments which could further aggravate the situation. In this context, the designed system wants to demonstrate how to dramatically improve medical history acquisition procedures and face the most serious situations, using RFID technology; not forgetting, among others, important aspects as integration into an existing computer system, or the economic factor.