Real-Time Location Tracking in Healthcare: Enhancing Efficiency & Patient Care

Introduction

In the fast-paced world of healthcare, efficiency and accuracy are critical. Real-time location tracking (RTLS) is transforming hospitals and healthcare facilities by optimizing asset management, enhancing patient safety, and improving staff workflows. With advanced location tracking solutions like Kinesis RTLS, healthcare providers can seamlessly track medical equipment, monitor patient movements, and ensure better coordination—all in real time.

Atoll Solutions offers Kinesis RTLS, a cutting-edge solution that integrates with existing infrastructure, including HPE Aruba and Cisco Meraki, to deliver precise real-time location tracking for hospitals and clinics.

A Key Challenge in Healthcare: Ensuring Asset & Patient Visibility

Managing critical assets and patient movement in healthcare facilities can be complex. RTLS in healthcare helps address this by:

1. Enhancing asset utilization: Medical equipment such as wheelchairs, IV pumps, and defibrillators are always available when needed.
2. Improving patient safety: Real-time tracking of patients, especially in emergency and high-risk units, ensures timely care and reduces response times.
3. Optimizing staff workflows: Automating location tracking enables staff to focus more on patient care and less on searching for equipment.
4. Streamlining inventory management: Hospitals can better manage stock levels of essential supplies and medication.
5. Enhancing security: Controlled tracking of high-value assets and restricted areas improves hospital safety protocols.
   

The RTLS Solution: Transforming Healthcare with Real-Time Insights

Kinesis RTLS leverages BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) and UWB (Ultra-Wideband) technology to offer:

• Real-time tracking of assets, patients, and medical personnel.
• Seamless integration with existing hospital networks, including HPE Aruba and Cisco Meraki.
• Customizable tracking tags that adapt to various hospital environments.
• Automated alerts for unauthorized movements and asset misplacements.
• Enhanced patient flow management, ensuring timely care and reducing wait times.
  

Real-World Impact: Deployment at CMC Vellore, Ranipet Campus

Atoll Solutions has successfully deployed Kinesis RTLS at CMC Vellore’s Ranipet Campus, demonstrating significant improvements:

• 2,500+ tracking tags deployed, ensuring comprehensive asset and personnel monitoring.
• Improved operational efficiency, streamlining workflows and enhancing staff productivity.
• 40-60% reduction in search time, ensuring that medical staff can quickly locate essential equipment and supplies.
• Theft prevention, with real-time alerts for unauthorized asset movement, reducing loss and ensuring hospital security.
  

Efficiency Gains and ROI Benefits

Deploying Kinesis RTLS in healthcare facilities delivers measurable improvements:

• 30% Reduction in Equipment Search Time: Ensuring medical devices are quickly located.
• 20% Increase in Staff Productivity: Optimizing workflows and reducing manual tracking efforts
• Enhanced Patient Experience: Faster response times and improved coordination lead to better patient care.
• Cost Savings and Faster ROI: Efficient resource management reduces unnecessary expenses and maximizes hospital efficiency.
  
  

Key Takeaways

• RTLS is a game-changer for real-time location tracking in healthcare.
• Kinesis RTLS integrates with HPE Networks and Cisco Meraki for seamless hospital deployment.
• Real-time tracking improves asset management, patient safety, and staff efficiency.
• Customizable asset tags and automated alerts provide greater hospital visibility.
• Hospitals experience faster ROI through improved resource utilization and optimized workflows.
  

Conclusion

Healthcare providers are embracing real-time location tracking to enhance patient care, improve operational efficiency, and ensure better resource management. Kinesis RTLS by Atoll Solutions is designed to bring real-time visibility to hospitals and clinics, ensuring that both assets and patients are exactly where they need to be. Discover how Kinesis RTLS can transform your healthcare facility—contact us today!