Potential Challenges of RFID Implementation: A Survey in Teaching Hospitals

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Health Information Sciences, Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

2 Department of Health Information Management, Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) can increase the quality of healthcare
and improve patient safety by collecting information, automatically identifying patients,
tracking patient movements and hospital equipment. However, successful implementation
and adoption of this technology face several barriers. The objective of this study was to
identify and prioritize the potential challenges of implementing RFID in hospitals.
Methods: This study was conducted on all information technology administrators and
managers of educational hospitals in Kerman (n=43). Data were collected through a valid
and reliable (α=0.94) questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of two sections with 33
questions (4 questions for demographic information and 29 questions for implementation
barriers). T-test and one-way ANOVA were used to examine the relationship between the
barriers and demographic information.
Results: Financial (3.67), managerial-specialized (3.40) and attitudinal-behavioral (3.36)
barriers had the highest means among the RFID implementation barriers, respectively. Age,
gender, work experience, and organizational position had no effect on the prioritization of
barriers (p <0.05).
Conclusion: Failure to finance RFID implementation project, spending a lot of time and
money to train RFID users, and unfamiliarity of users with RFID created the most problems
in implementing this technology, respectively. Therefore, making short and long-term
policies to address these barriers are recommended. Hospital managers can overcome
implementation barriers by making decisions based on a detailed and transparent analysis of
return on investment, allocating funds to implementation projects, and careful planning for
user training to improve their awareness and technical knowledge.

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Health Management & Information Science
Volume 8, Issue 2
April 2021
Pages 98-106

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