RadarFind installs medical equipment tracking system in North Carolina Regional Hospital
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Southeastern Regional Medical Center (SRMC-Southeastern North Carolina Regional Hospital) is the main hospital in the state. RadarFind’s real-time location system has been selected to track the hospital’s numerous medical equipment and equipment, with the purpose of making these equipment and equipment Get more effective use and maintenance.
This indoor tracking system can determine the location of mobile medical equipment in the hospital and display it on the computer screens of hospital staff. After installing RadarFind’s real-time positioning system, SRMC can significantly save the cost of purchasing medical equipment, and use the saved cost to further improve the care of patients, so that the hospital’s service level can reach the standard of a first-class hospital.
Compared with the original RFID and WiFi systems, RadarFind’s innovative technology platform has many improvements. It can be seamlessly integrated with the existing infrastructure and operation of the hospital, and it does not require new wiring like WiFi, and requires no barriers to radio waves on walls and ceilings. More importantly, it is different from other systems and does not need to rely on the important IT network of the hospital.
The positioning accuracy provided by the RadarFind system is room-level and does not require further calibration. During installation, the reader is directly plugged into the existing electrical socket, and there is no need to close the ward, so it will not affect the operation of the hospital. In addition, the intelligent software application is simple and convenient, and can be operated by ordinary medical staff.
Charles Brady, Director of the Medical Engineering Department of SRMC, said: “We recognized the importance of asset tracking systems, so we started looking for a suitable system a few years ago. The cost-effectiveness of the system at the time was not satisfactory to us. RadarFind’s unique real-time positioning system The accurate positioning of the equipment can improve the maintenance of the equipment, the cost-effectiveness is reasonable, and the operation management of the hospital can be improved.”
RadarFind’s equipment installation costs are reasonable. The reader only needs to be connected to an ordinary power socket to communicate with the tag on the asset, and these power sockets can still provide power for other electrical appliances. In addition, the hospital does not need to install additional lines and expand the WiFi network, and it can also save part of the cost. So what the hospital gets is a quick return on investment. For example, Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina, has 316 beds. After installing the RadarFind system a year ago, it saved 300,000 US dollars in medical equipment procurement costs.
RadarFind’s advanced asset tag has a battery life of at least 6 years and provides information that the equipment is intact, needs cleaning, or needs disinfection, which is very much needed information for hospital nurses.
David Sumner, SRMC’s vice president of logistics support and management, said: “Our hospital’s most urgent need is to find a tool that can effectively monitor our equipment. In the past, our control of equipment was only about 10%. We need to spend a lot of time and Search for resources such as intravenous pumps, stretchers, wheelchairs, mobile monitors, etc. Usually we can find only one out of ten, such as wheelchairs. Through the system tracking equipment of RadarFind, we can save a lot of unnecessary additional equipment At the same time, it will increase the speed and efficiency of hospital operation, so that all patients can experience a new medical experience.”
The feature of this system is that the hospital’s doctors and administrative supervisors participate in the design, the purpose is to achieve seamless integration and application in the hospital.
RadarFind’s real-time positioning system is actually jointly developed by the hospital’s doctors and administrative directors. During the development process, RadarFind visited hospitals all over the United States and had extensive discussions with them. Recognizing that the hospital has many internal systems that work closely together, RadarFind decided to conduct the test in the entire hospital instead of building by building or in a district by district. Because they believe that only when all systems of the hospital can coordinate their work, the hospital can perform its maximum function.
RadarFind CEO Terry Kane said: “We have noticed the unique contradictions that hospitals face every day, that is, patients need good care, employees are concerned about insufficient due diligence, and ongoing funding shortages. Our solutions help the hospital in all three aspects. , No new problems will arise.”
The developers of RadarFind are currently working closely with SRMC’s executive officers to ensure that the installation and application of the system will not affect the daily relationship between doctors, nurses and patients. The full operation of the system is expected to wait until the second quarter of 2008. (Text/Zhuang Biaowei)
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