| Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology that facilitates communication via radio waves. The technology results in object detection and tracking. The specific business problem was to explore the slow rate of adoption of RFID as an asset management system in the private, public and university hospitals in the United States. Knowledge was sought to understand the reasons for slow technology diffusion in the hospital setting and the barriers hospital management identified to using RFID technology as an asset management system. The purpose of the quantitative survey research study was to examine the reasons hospital management in the private, public and university hospitals in the United States are slow to adopt RFID technology as an asset management system. The study included a randomly selected sample of 116 managers, directors and executive personnel across all departments in public, private and university hospitals in the United States. An Internet survey contained previously validated instruments. Descriptive statistics revealed the cost of technology implementation, the cost of operations and maintenance, training, security concerns, organizational concerns, interoperability concerns and scalability of RFID technology were significant. The factors affected the use of RFID technology as an asset management system in healthcare organizations. Future research should explore the frequency of RFID technology in hospitals affiliated with the American Hospital Association (AHA); AHA affiliated hospitals demonstrated a higher incidence of RFID technology implementation and use. |
