RFID Components, Applications and System Integration with Healthcare Perspective

RFID (radio frequency identification) technology has already proved its use in various areas such as security, library, airline, military, animal forms, sports and other areas. RFID is being used for various applications in many industries. For example, equipment tracking, access controls including personal and vehicle, logistic, baggage, items security in departmental store. The main advantages RFID provide is resource optimization, quality customers’ care, enhanced accuracy, efficient business processes, and effective business and healthcare processes. RFID can help is recognizing contextual knowledge and can help to improve objects predictability for certain processes. However, it is necessary to study RFID components for using these in healthcare environment. RFID main components are antennas, tags and readers. The investigation of these components provides an understanding of its use in healthcare settings and integration in healthcare processes. This chapter studies the RFID components such as Antenna and reader. This chapter discusses the RFID active and passive tags, and compare these tags including advantages and disadvantages of RFID system. In this chapter, RFID applications are explored and technical model is analyzed. It also considers the healthcare perspectives and RFID use within healthcare settings. This study constructs a model for connected RFID applications which provides quick support for various healthcare functions and enhances flexibility for various systems’ components integration.