RFID Technology in Health Environment Opportunities and Challenges for Modern Cancer Care

Cancers are significant contributors to the mortality and health care expenditures. Cancer can be reduced andmonitored by new information technology. Radio frequency identification or RFID is a wireless identificationtechnology. The use of this technology can be employed for identifying and tracking clinical staff, patients,supplies, medications and equipments. RFID can trace and manage chemotherapy drugs. There are differenttypes of RFID. Implantable RFID allowing a chip to be embedded under the skin and that store the cancerpatient’s identifier. These are concerns about applications of RFID. Privacy, security and legal issues are keyproblems. This paper describes capabilities, benefits and confidentiality aspects in radio frequency identificationsystems and solutions for overcoming challenges.