RFID-based Semantic-enhanced Ubiquitous Decision Support System for Healthcare

We present an innovative Decision Support System for healthcare applications, based on a semantic enhancement of RFID standard protocol. Semantically annotated descriptions of both drugs and patient’s case history stored in proper RFID tags are used to help doctors in providing the correct therapy. The proposed system allows to discover possible inconsistencies in a therapy suggesting alternative treatments.

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