Smart patient management, monitoring and tracking system using radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology

Healthcare systems are a very important part of the economy of any country and for the public health. In this research, a system is proposed to implement a smart patient management, monitoring and tracking process that can be used in hospitals to automate and organize their information management. The system will create unique identification numbers for each patient which will identify her/him in the health information system. This ID is then linked to all recordings of the patient's vital signs and saved in a database for further analysis and historical consultation. The system will also provide real-time patient monitoring of vital signs during their stay in an emergency and critical care unit in a hospital. It also alerts hospital staff if any abnormality is detected. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is used to track patients by generating a unique ID. Patient information will be retrieved from the database using this ID. The system will provide a cost-effective means of increasing reliability, privacy and security in the management of healthcare records. The low cost is an interesting feature of the system, thanks to off-the shelf devices and sensors which can be sourced and operated in our region. Recorded measurements of vital signs are presented in a compact user-friendly interface that can be monitored remotely via the Power BI gateway from Microsoft.