Technology assessment for an inventory management process in a hospital unit

The penetration of Auto Identification and Data Capture Technology (Auto ID DC) in healthcare logistics is low. A recent American Health Association ( AHA) study shows that 16% of hospitals use barcode technology for supply chain management purposes, and 3% use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). Hospital materials managers find it difficult to evaluate the impact of Auto ID DC technologi es on current processes in or der to make a decision about whether or not to adopt a technological alternative. This paper studies the impact of Auto ID DC technologies on the inventory management process in a hospital unit. In particular we will refer to implantable devices within a catheterization lab. We propose a conceptual design of the system and a quantitative modeling approach to handle these issues, and present our preliminary results from a spreadsheet-based tool.

• Autores: Rossetti, Manuel; Rardin, Ronald; Saka, Behlul; Burbano Collazos, Angélica
• Tipo de recurso: http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_c94f
• Fecha de publicación: 2009
• Institución: Universidad ICESI
• Repositorio: Repositorio ICESI
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/81990
• Acceso en línea: https://search.proquest.com/openview/a6231e46a2a45dd51568ce9a69945ca2/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=51908; http://hdl.handle.net/10906/81990
• Palabra clave: Tecnologías; Códigos de barras; Gestión de inventarios; Ingeniería de producción; Production engineering
• Rights: openAccess
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/