How to Track and Manage Hospital Assets through RTLS

2022-07-22

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Get the most out of your hospital assets.

The current state of the healthcare industry is inefficient. 140 billion dollars are lost every year in US hospitals due to inefficient management of operations. Nurses spend up to 30 percent of their time searching for assets. An average asset in a hospital remains underutilized for more than 50 percent of its lifespan. On the other hand, inventory counting methods can take weeks or even months. By the time you finish counting, the inventory has already changed, and the inventory result does not reflect reality. The result is extra labor costs and wrong decisions with an inaccurate inventory list. These are just a few problems that every hospital faces.

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RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology enables you to complete your whole inventory counting process within a few days in the most accurate and fastest way. You do not even need to enter rooms to count your inventory. During the counting process, you can instantly identify misplaced and missing assets using your mobile application, reducing over-purchase and rentals.

Operationally-Aware Hospitals

Following the implementation of RFID-enabled Asset Inventory Management systems in the World’s Third Largest Hospital with 129K assets the counting duration was reduced from 6 weeks to 3 days with 1 staff. And asset misplacement has been reduced by 90 percent.

With asset inventory management, you can now access your most recent asset inventory list, but how well are these assets being used? You may believe that the number of assets of your particular type is insufficient. However, their placement and allocation within the hospital may be incorrect. On the other hand, the number may be adequate, but it is unavailable when needed for patient care.

Asset utilization systems and solutions using real-time asset tracking capability allow you to identify which assets are idle and which are heavily used. Actual asset usage rates allow you to reallocate assets to where they are most in demand, allowing you to make data-driven purchase decisions and avoid unnecessary purchases and rentals. Because you can access the assets’ instant locations, you can find the portable assets you need in seconds.

Asset tracking allows hospital staff to devote more time to patient care rather than asset operations. Furthermore, RTLS asset tracking systems enable you to set rules for your assets so that you receive alerts when they leave certain areas. So, you can be sure that your assets are always ready for patient care.

Assets in which you have invested thousands of dollars require preventative maintenance/calibration and assets get broken within time. Asset downtimes, manual maintenance/calibration, and breakdown processes are among the main challenges in the healthcare industry. Asset Maintenance Management (CMMS) healthcare systems enable the tracking and managing of end-to-end maintenance and breakdown processes without any paperwork.

You can view asset downtime history by brand and model, as well as track each operational cost, such as repair time, response time, and downtime costs. With a better understanding, you can accurately plan your future investments (repairing, replacing, and new purchases) and reduce asset lifetime costs. The system enables you to automate workflows, saving time and money. Furthermore, you can reduce patient safety risks by ensuring that your assets are maintained and calibrated prior to patient use.

While doing all these (Asset Inventory Management, Asset Utilization), you should ensure that your assets stay in your hospital and are ready for patient care at all times.

Hospitals lose their temperature monitors, glucometers, oximeters, and more. RFID-enabled asset safety solutions help to reduce the risk of asset loss by sending real-time alerts to security in the event of theft attempts, unauthorized movements, or unintentional leaves. These safety solutions can be integrated with a CCTV system, allowing you to conduct investigations using CCTV surveillance.

Asset Tracking
Healthcare
Hospitals
Location Technology
Remote Management

Asset Tracking
Healthcare
Hospitals
Location Technology
Remote Management

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如何通过RTLS跟踪和管理医院资产

医疗行业目前的状况是效率低下的。美国医院每年因经营管理不善而损失1400亿美元。护士花费多达30%的时间寻找资产。医院的平均资产在其寿命的50%以上都没有得到充分利用。另一方面，存货盘点方法可能需要数周甚至数月的时间。当你完成清点时，存货已经发生了变化，存货结果不能反映实际情况。结果是额外的劳动力成本和不准确的库存清单的错误决策。这些只是每个医院都面临的一些问题。RFID(射频识别)技术使您能够在几天内以最准确和最快的方式完成整个库存清点过程。你甚至不需要进入房间来计算你的库存。在计数过程中，您可以立即发现错位和丢失的资产使用您的移动应用程序，减少过度购买和租赁。在拥有129K资产的世界第三大医院实施rfid资产盘点管理系统后，计数时间从6周减少到1名工作人员的3天。资产错置减少了90%。通过资产库存管理，您现在可以访问最近的资产库存列表，但是这些资产的使用情况如何呢?您可能认为您的特定类型的资产数量是不够的。然而，它们在医院中的位置和分配可能是不正确的。另一方面，这个数字可能是足够的，但在病人需要护理时是无法得到的。使用实时资产跟踪功能的资产利用系统和解决方案允许您识别哪些资产是闲置的，哪些资产是大量使用的。实际资产使用率允许您重新分配资产到最需要的地方，允许您做出数据驱动的购买决定，并避免不必要的购买和租赁。因为您可以访问资产的即时位置，所以您可以在几秒钟内找到所需的可移植资产。资产跟踪允许医院工作人员将更多的时间用于病人护理，而不是资产操作。此外，RTLS资产跟踪系统使您能够为您的资产设置规则，以便在它们离开某些区域时收到警报。所以，你可以确保你的资产随时为病人护理做好准备。你投入了数千美元的资产需要预防性维护/校准，资产会在一段时间内损坏。资产停机时间、手动维护/校准和故障处理是医疗保健行业面临的主要挑战。资产维护管理(CMMS)医疗保健系统能够跟踪和管理端到端维护和故障过程，而不需要任何文书工作。您可以按品牌和模型查看资产停机历史，并跟踪每个操作成本，如修复时间、响应时间和停机成本。有了更好的理解，您就可以准确地规划未来的投资(维修、更换和购买新资产)，并降低资产的寿命成本。该系统使您能够自动化工作流程，节省时间和金钱。此外，您可以通过确保您的资产在患者使用前得到维护和校准来降低患者安全风险。在进行所有这些操作(资产库存管理、资产利用)时，您应该确保您的资产留在医院，并随时为病人护理做好准备。医院失去了体温监测仪、血糖仪、血氧仪等。启用rfid的资产安全解决方案通过在发生盗窃企图、未经授权的移动或意外离开时向安全部门发送实时警报，有助于降低资产损失的风险。这些安全解决方案可以与闭路电视系统集成，让您使用闭路电视监控进行调查。

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