An IoT-based HIS for Healthcare Risk Management and Cost Control: A Proposal

Abstract

In the last decade Hospital Information Systems (HIS) received extensive research attention because international studies [16] [3] show how the introduction of HISs contributes to general errors reduction and could result in substantial improvement in patient safety. This paper introduces FIDMED, a Hospital Information Systems (HIS) based on a deep integration between hardware and software, both of them specifically designed and implemented by Kiranet I.C.T. Research Centre. It comprises a web based clinical application, named FIDCARE, a set of smart medical carts, smart medical cabinets and smart pocket dispenser, respectively named FIDRUN, FIDROK and FIDRAY. From a high-level user perspective, FIDMED aims to: a) reduction of the healthcare services clinical risk, b) cost control and cost reduction and c) improvement in the overall quality assurance of clinical processes. From a technical point of view, FIDCARE is a platform implementing an interesting architecture combining technologies such as Representational State Transfer (REST) services, Radio- Frequency IDentification (RFID), Barcodes Management, Adaptive Graphical User Interface, Gesture Interface and Voice User Interfaces everything under the "hat" of Internet of Things (IoT).