RFID and NFC in Hospital Environments. Reaching a sustainable approach

Abstract. The increase of safety and the improvement of care received by the patient during their healthcare process are one of the main chal-lenges facing health professionals. Obtaining patient traceability and minimising the occurrence of adverse events during the perscription-validation-dispensing-administration process of medication to patients, encourages making measures of improvement to ensure the quality of the processes that take place in the clinical practice of a hospital. It is therefore essential to study current leading technologies such as RFID and NFC in a sustainable way to determine the feasibility of its applica-tion in the healthcare environment