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Radio Frequency Identification Technology in an Australian Regional Hospital: An Innovation Translation Experience with ANT

Radio Frequency Identification Technology in an Australian Regional Hospital: An Innovation Translation Experience with ANT

Chandana Unnithan, Arthur Tatnall
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781799824510|ISBN10: 1799824519|EISBN13: 9781799824527
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2451-0.ch021
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Unnithan, Chandana, and Arthur Tatnall. "Radio Frequency Identification Technology in an Australian Regional Hospital: An Innovation Translation Experience with ANT." Hospital Management and Emergency Medicine: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 404-428. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2451-0.ch021

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Unnithan, C. & Tatnall, A. (2020). Radio Frequency Identification Technology in an Australian Regional Hospital: An Innovation Translation Experience with ANT. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Hospital Management and Emergency Medicine: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 404-428). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2451-0.ch021

Chicago

Unnithan, Chandana, and Arthur Tatnall. "Radio Frequency Identification Technology in an Australian Regional Hospital: An Innovation Translation Experience with ANT." In Hospital Management and Emergency Medicine: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 404-428. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2451-0.ch021

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Abstract

Australian hospitals had begun exploring Radio Frequency Identification, a wireless automatic identification and data capture technology for improving the quality of their services towards the end of 2000s. After many an unsuccessful pilots, a breakthrough for large hospitals came in 2010, with a key learning rendered by a large regional hospital that not only experimented with the technology, but also have made it all pervasive in their operations. In this chapter, we present the case study, through an innovation translation perspective, focusing on the socio-technical factors captured through elements of Actor-Network Theory.

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