TY  -  JOUR 
TI  - Technology assessment for an inventory management process in a hospital unit
PB  - Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
PY  - 2009
AB  - 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.
KW  - Tecnologías
KW  - Códigos de barras
KW  - Gestión de inventarios
KW  - Ingeniería de producción
KW  - Production engineering
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10906/81990
ER  -