Measuring and recording the intake and output quantity of patients is essential for representing the quality of nursing care but the process is complicated and time-consuming. In this study, we established an intake-output measuring and automatic recording system by applying the technology of near field communication (NFC).We proposed an automated healthcare architecture using NFC-enabled mobile phones wirelessly linked to the nursing information system. The host system architecture includes (1) Electronic scale system including Bluetooth module and microcontroller unit (MCU) control module; (2) NFC-enabled mobile phones; (3) NFC tag. The operating procedures include examination of accuracy and reliability by means of using 9 different standard weights, ten times for each weight and 3 minutes duration between each measurement. Which means when the doctor launched the intake and output record on the system, the nurse would enter the patient's ID information and measurement result into the NFC tag by NFC-enabled mobile phone and attach the tag to the conduit or gathering bottle. During each measurement, put the device on the electronic scale and connect the mobile phone and NFC tag on the device in order to get the patient 's information, measurement result and last measurement data. Afterwards, connect the device via Bluetooth and get the measurement result to see if it 's necessary to store the data in the nursing system. Moreover, store the revised data after comparing the result with last measurement and do some calculation. Preliminary results showed that mean difference and standard deviation of the system was 0.086 ± 0.086. Reliability tests on 9 standard weights of 10g, 20g, 50g, 100g, 150g, 200g, 300g, 500g and 700g, each 10 repeats, showed means and standard deviations of 9.94 ± 0.055, 19.86 ± 0.054, 49.88 ± 0.084, 99.82 ± 0.084, 149.9 ± 0.071, 200.2 ± 0.045, 299.88 ± 0.084, 499.98 ± 0.084 and 699.94 ± 0.055. The variances were 0.55%, 0.28%, 0.17%, 0.08%, 0.05%, 0.02%, 0.03%, 0.02% and 0.01%. The accuracy of the device is acceptable and appropriate for clinical application.