ABSTRACT
Three major trends will potentially result in unforeseen impacts on the health care system if they are not fully addressed. First of all, as the baby boomers continue to age, the group aged fty-ve to sixty-four will increase by 36 percent or 10.4 million people, more than any other group over the 2004-2014 time period (https://stats.bls. gov/home.htm). The aging population will critically request fast and safe services from the health care system. Secondly, a shortage of qualied health care personnel will challenge the safe and quick medical services. Thirdly, medical lawsuits generated by manual errors will pose a negative inuence on health care services. However, the “new” health care system can minimize the impacts by making an investment in the emerging wireless RFID technology. The RFID solutions are at hand through the current wireless network, RFID technology, and connected medical devices.
