Emergency Department Real Time Location System Patient and Equipment Tracking

Abstract

The Valley Hospital proposes to continue and expand their current work to implement an Emergency Department (ED) Patient and Mobile Equipment Tracking pilot project in an effort to identify key opportunities to drive operational efficiency, improve patient satisfaction, and increase asset utilization. The project will also focus on researching opportunities to leverage the technology in a military setting in collaboration with the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC). The proposed research project intends to demonstrate the effectiveness of using middleware to homogenize data produced by varied real time location system (RTLS) platforms for consumption by a common user interface and application. The project is intended to lead the way to further study of the application throughout the hospital in the inpatient and peri-operative setting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA624324

Entities

People

  • Michael Mutter

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Organs
  • Communication Systems
  • Efficiency
  • Emergencies
  • Engineering
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Information Systems
  • Inventory
  • Maintenance
  • Middleware
  • Patient Care
  • Platforms
  • Rental Equipment
  • Test Methods
  • User Interface

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Medical or Health Care Field.