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Table 6 RFID application in healthcare and welfare

From: A systematic review of RFID applications and diffusion: key areas and public policy issues

Application

Author

Year

Case

Country

Managing Public Hospital

Kuo and Chen

2008

Many hospitals are actively involved RFID system in managing hospital with the support of the government

Taiwan

Pharmacy

Wyld

2008

U.S. government and FDA recommended that pharmaceutical industries move to implement RFID tag to prevent counterfeit dugs by 2007

US

Thuemmler et al.

2007

Romero and Lefebvre

2013

Skinar

2005

Florida state government imposed fine to drug suppliers when they did not adopt RFID tags

Florida State

Service for the impaired

Murad et al.

2011

RFID tag using service for visually impaired people was designed and implemented by Pakistan government

Pakistan

Infection Management

Nicholas

2008

Singapore government track visitors, patients and staff, to figure out who was the SARS virus bearer in 2003

Singapore

Kuo et al.

2004

Taiwan hospital proceed RFID plans to track SARS patients

Taiwan