Collingwood General is tracking everything from assets to babies to the environment within the hospital to improve staff efficiency and the safety of patients.
It can be annoying to see medical staff busy searching for equipment while awaiting medical attention. This will be eliminated with RFID real time tracking of equipment.
The act of hand hygiene is trivial but has serious consequences when it comes to patients. Maintaining hygiene has significantly reduce infection rates.
Who thought that by adopting a real time tracking system to monitor hygiene, it would have ushered in many other applications for patient and staff safety.
Palmetto Healthcare is now able to track bio-medical equipment across its various locations ensuring higher security and that all equipment is serviced on time.
The exact movement of medication can now be traced to reveal when and by whom it was stocked, administered by as well as the patient that it was intended for.
