CUIDATS: An RFID–WSN hybrid monitoring system for smart health care environments

The continuous development and improvement of low-power wireless communication technologies is enabling the emergence of many new applications in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT). One of the main areas of research within the Smart City context is smart health, which engages novel IoT initia...

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Autores: Adame, Toni, Bel, Albert, Carreras, Anna, Melià-Seguí, Joan, Oliver, Miquel, Pous, Rafael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/148529
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10609/148529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2016.12.023
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:smart Health
RFID
WSN
internet of Things
RTLS
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Sumario:The continuous development and improvement of low-power wireless communication technologies is enabling the emergence of many new applications in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT). One of the main areas of research within the Smart City context is smart health, which engages novel IoT initiatives to improve both quality and access to health care and smart services in general. In this paper we present CUIDATS, an IoT hybrid monitoring system for health care environments which integrates RFID and WSN technologies in a single platform providing location, status, and tracking of patients and assets. After its performance validation in a suitable testbed, CUIDATS has been deployed and evaluated with a high degree of success in a real hospital.