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Analysis of Information governance and patient data protection within primary health care

Journal Article
Smith, M., Buchanan, W. J., Thuemmler, C., Bell, D., & Hazelhoff Roelfzema, N. (2010)
Analysis of Information governance and patient data protection within primary health care. International Journal for Quality in Health Care,
The introduction of Information Governance throughout the NHS in Great Britain from 2004 onwards, saw Pri-mary Care Medicine subject to a regulatory regime ...

Radio frequency identification (RFID) in pervasive healthcare

Journal Article
Fekri, A. H., Thuemmler, C., Buchanan, W., Fekri, H., & Lawson, A. (2009)
Radio frequency identification (RFID) in pervasive healthcare. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 10(1/2), 119. doi:10.1504/ijhtm.2009.023731
Active and passive RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology are available and licensed for the use in hospitals, and can be used to establish highly reliable pervasive...

E-Health: chances and challenges of distributed, service oriented architectures

Journal Article
Thuemmler, C., Fan, L., Buchanan, W. J., Lo, O., Ekonomou, E., & Khedim, A. S. (2012)
E-Health: chances and challenges of distributed, service oriented architectures. Journal of cyber security and mobility, 37,
Societies are undergoing unprecedented demographic and socio-economical changes on a pace that has never been experienced before. Health care models are in transition to remai...

Modelling infection spread using location tracking.

Journal Article
Mason, A. M., Dingle, N. J., Knottenbelt, W. J., Bell, D., Buchanan, W. J. & Thuemmler, C. (2009)
Modelling infection spread using location tracking. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management. 11, 442-461. doi:10.1504/IJHTM.2010.036925. ISSN 1368-2156
The precision of location tracking technology has improved greatly over the last few decades. We aim to show that by tracking the locations of individuals in a closed environm...

Setting safety standards by designing a low-budget and compatible patient identification system based on passive RFID technology.

Journal Article
Thuemmler, C., Buchanan, W. J. & Kumar, V. (2007)
Setting safety standards by designing a low-budget and compatible patient identification system based on passive RFID technology. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management. 8, 571-583. doi:10.1504/IJHTM.2007.013524. ISSN 1368-2156
This paper outlines a large-scale audit for the enhancement of quality of care and staff and patient safety using passive RFID (Radio Frequency ID) wrist bands, which link to ...