Thirty-six percent of health IT professionals surveyed said that the ability to improve patient safety and/or reduce medical errors is the most critical influencer for the use of radio frequency identification applications in health care organizations, according to a recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society survey.
Twenty percent of survey respondents said inventory management/asset control is the most critical influencer of RFID use, while 19% cited hospital operation improvements.
Another 17% of respondents said patient and workflow improvement is the most critical influencer for the use of RFID tools in health care organizations, according to the survey.
Results are based on a May 2010 online survey of 222 health IT professionals.
