ICT technologies are playing an increasingly important role in the healthcare scenario, enabling the improvement of the patient safety and of the quality of care. Particular attention is focused on patients affected by specific problems such as intolerances or allergies. New item-level tracing systems based on RFID wireless technology and EPCglobal standard offer a solution for these problems, but they do not represent yet a complete solution. The idea to combine tracing systems with hospital information systems, compliant to Health Level Seven (HL7), represents a great solution. In this article, a prototypal ICT system based on the merging of the EPCglobal and HL7 standards is described, highlighting the potential benefits derived from this innovative e-health service for the main actors of the healthcare scenario.
An innovative e-health service based on EPCglobal and HL7 standards to support multiple intolerances
MAINETTI, LUCA;PATRONO, Luigi;SECCO, ANDREA;SERGI, ILARIA;VERGALLO, ROBERTO
2013-01-01
Abstract
ICT technologies are playing an increasingly important role in the healthcare scenario, enabling the improvement of the patient safety and of the quality of care. Particular attention is focused on patients affected by specific problems such as intolerances or allergies. New item-level tracing systems based on RFID wireless technology and EPCglobal standard offer a solution for these problems, but they do not represent yet a complete solution. The idea to combine tracing systems with hospital information systems, compliant to Health Level Seven (HL7), represents a great solution. In this article, a prototypal ICT system based on the merging of the EPCglobal and HL7 standards is described, highlighting the potential benefits derived from this innovative e-health service for the main actors of the healthcare scenario.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
