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Radio Frequency Identification in Hospitals: Balancing Hospital Efficiency and Patient Privacy

Radio Frequency Identification in Hospitals: Balancing Hospital Efficiency and Patient Privacy

Christopher A. Suarez
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 29
ISBN13: 9781609600839|ISBN10: 1609600835|EISBN13: 9781609600853
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-083-9.ch010
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Suarez, Christopher A. "Radio Frequency Identification in Hospitals: Balancing Hospital Efficiency and Patient Privacy." Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices, edited by Christina Akrivopoulou and Athanasios Psygkas, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 156-184. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-083-9.ch010

APA

Suarez, C. A. (2011). Radio Frequency Identification in Hospitals: Balancing Hospital Efficiency and Patient Privacy. In C. Akrivopoulou & A. Psygkas (Eds.), Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices (pp. 156-184). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-083-9.ch010

Chicago

Suarez, Christopher A. "Radio Frequency Identification in Hospitals: Balancing Hospital Efficiency and Patient Privacy." In Personal Data Privacy and Protection in a Surveillance Era: Technologies and Practices, edited by Christina Akrivopoulou and Athanasios Psygkas, 156-184. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-083-9.ch010

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Abstract

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology has been applied increasingly within the hospital setting. This chapter argues that, while such applications may drastically improve hospital efficiency, they also may produce privacy risks that harm patients more than they help them. Further, the privacy risks associated with RFID technologies are difficult to comprehend. When patients’ personal data is implicated, hospitals should adhere to privacy principles that promote the flow of full information and enable patients to make rational choices when they opt-in to hospital RFID applications. Otherwise, RFID hospital technologies may be implemented in ways that do not serve patients’ long term privacy interests.

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