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34 Healthcare it news April 2008 ■ clinical ToolkiT www.HealthcareITNews.com location services Asset tracking critical market for location services because asset allocation is critical, given the high value of assets and limited resources, said Daniel Corsetti, senior research analyst, enterprise wireless infrastructure for IDC. “The return on investment from locationbased services deployed to track high value assets is a nobrainer,” Corsetti said. “Wi-Fi as a location technology is a great fit because it’s easy to deploy, reliable, secure and inexpensive,” he said. As the WLAN installed base for basic data connectivity grows, he said healthcare providers are asking how they can better leverage their networks for other applications besides data. “Wi-Fibased locationing is the next step,” he said. P r o d u c T s P oT l ig H T T More information at HealthcareiTnews.com recenT neWs ➔ Battery-based RFID ➔ Top 5 priorities for RFID implementations ➔ RTLS implementation Connecticut hospital ➔ Accreditation for RFID professionals ➔ Carolinas heart clinic RFID implementation ➔ Tracking blood the RFID way ➔ Washington hospital RFID implementation ➔ California bans forced RFID implants ➔ Carolinas HealthSystem implements asset tracking ➔ Rochester Institute of Technology research ➔ Lehigh Valley Hospital implements automatic patient and asset tracking software. ➔ WakeMed Cary Hospital and RadarFind partner to advance asset and patient tracking technology. By Patty Enrado, Contributing Editor he healthcare Market is an ideal THree Trends To WaTcH IDC’s Daniel Corsetti highlights three trends to look for in 2008: 1. Pervasive Wi-fi: The adoption rate of pervasive Wi-Fi deployments is higher in healthcare than other industries as the relatively late adopting provider community uses lessons learned from other industries to leapfrog them in terms of performance and sophistication. 2. Mobile aPPlicaTions: The next stage in Wi-Fi deployment is the development of the expertise and vision that lets users build and migrate mobility-centric applications to the wireless network. 3. Prices coMing doWn: Prices will come down for active RFID, enabling a shift from allocation of primarily high value assets to optimization of personnel, devices, and location-sensitive supplies. As prices come down on RFID, industry analysts predict a shift of location services from tracking high-value assets to optimization of personnel, devices and supplies. locaTion TecHnology and services 3M Track and Trace SoluTionS 3M real Time location system Features: Associating patient data to high-value assets – such as medical equipment, specimens and supplies – is at the heart of 3M Track and Trace Systems. The 3M Real Time Location System (RTLS) integrates automatic identification technology (including RFID and barcodes), WiFi and advanced software to provide comprehensive asset, patient and provider tracking. Contact: Julia Strandberg, 3M Track and Trace Healthcare Solutions, 800-554-9107 aeroScouT asset management, equipment maintenance, temperature monitoring, workflow and resource management and patient and staff safety solutions, AeroScout’s Healthcare Visibility Suite provides modular and scalable applications-based on the company’s industry leading WiFi-based Active RFID tags and software, which integrates with existing hospital systems, including all major WLANs, paging systems and healthcare IT software. Contact: Vijay Tummala, 706-8670140, vijay.tummala@aeroscout. com awarepoinT corporaTion aged service that uses active RFID, real-time location service (RTLS) technology that gives health care providers reliable location, status, and movement information to remotely monitor equipment and people. Contact: Michael Kitchen, senior vice president, mkitchen@awarepoint.com; mailto:mkitchen@awarepoint.com; 858.345.5001; 225 Broadway Avenue, Suite 1670 San Diego, CA 92101 B. Braun Medical Worldwide enterprise-class Wlan equipment end-user revenue ($M) 2006 Worldwide Wi-Fi LBS end-user revenue Worldwide enterprise-class WLAN end-user revenue (excludes NICs- network interface cards) Healthcare WiFi infrastructure end-user revenue Worldwide enterprise-class WLAN end-user revenue (excludes NICs - network interface cards) 75.4 1446 aeroscout Healthcare visibility suite Features: Incorporating real-time The awarepoint real-time awareness solution Features: The Awarepoint Real-time Awareness Solution is a fully-man- outlook safety infusion system (with doseTrac infusion Management software) Features: B. Braun’s Outlook Safety Infusion System automates IV location see page 36 2007 107.5 1969 2008 212.8 2541 2009 391.6 2903 USeR ReVIeWS “With the Radianse platform, we saw an improvement in our equipment tracking and in turn a cost savings. This now allows us to focus on our key process improvement initiatives.” Sue Schade, CIO, Brigham & Women’s Hospital “We chose AeroScout because they offer a solution that is scalable to handle many thousands of assets, and meet the needs of a wide variety of hospital users across our large, distributed environment.” Steven Erde, MD, vice president, information services technology and innovation, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital “With RTLS, we can quickly and efficiently find our equipment. Our ultimate goal is to improve patient safety and enhance the patient experience, and being able to track our equipment throughout the hospital will help us accomplish that.” Jeff Pelot, CTO, Denver Health “B Braun’s machines were designed by nurses for use by nurses, which made the changeover and training seamless for our staff. With the Outlook’s software monitoring each pump’s location and usage, clinicians can focus attention on the patient, not the machine.” Tammy Dills, chief nursing officer, Angel Medical Center 2006 112 1446 2007 166 1969 2008 236 2541 2009 278 2903 SOURCE: IDC , 2008 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareiTnews.com

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