Awarepoint: ZigBee RTLS Solutions for Hospitals

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ZigBee Success in
Healthcare Applications Matt Perkins, Chief Technology Officer
Awarepoint mperkins@awarepoint.com
Track us down at www.awarepoint.com

Healthcare Pain Points
Patient Safety
Improving Quality and Reducing Risk
Asset Management
Reducing Rental Costs
Improving Asset Utilization
Reducing Lost/Misplaced/Stolen Items
Environmental Sensing (Temp, Humidity)
Workflow Optimization
Cost Control
Revenue Generation
Health Care Value Equation
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Quality of Care * (Revenue/Cost) - Risk

Real-time Awareness Solution (RTAS)
Map Location
Monitor Status
Measure Utilization
Improve Processes
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4.2 million square feet
121 floors
27 buildings
16,000 assets

What is Adequate Coverage?
What Level of Accuracy Do We Really Need?
What is Practical Deployment and Maintenance?
What Does Interoperability Really Mean?
What is Considered Low Risk?
Common Customer Questions?
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5Critical Success Factors

Awarepoint RTLS Architecture using Zigbee Network
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Awarepoint’s Zigbee RTLS Hospital Deployment
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FLEXIBLE DEPLOYMENT
MULTIPOINT CALCULATION
CONTINUOUS CALIBRATION / RE-ROUTING

CAN and DOES provide in-room accurate resolution utilized to Drive Workflow
Creates a more “intelligent” network to support accurate workflow/interactions
Provides persistent enterprise accuracy in all areas, without walls, without curtains, in wide-open space - not just those areas that are “spatially confined”
Advances in Awarepoint ZigBee RF Technology
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Allows ZigBee mesh networking to be used for applications requiring higher level of resolution for workflow triggers, without additional technologies
S2C Sensor
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Enterprise Wide
Infrastructure Agnostic
802.15.4 ZigBee Wireless Sensor Network
Minimally Invasive & Low Maintenance
Plug-In Sensors
Long Life Battery Powered Tags
Fully Managed Service
Accurate
In-Room Accurate Location Algorithms
Interoperable
Infrastructure and Vendor Agnostic
Use Case Driven Applications
Standards and Browser Based Architecture
Hospital Proven with Low Risk Business Model
Awarepoint Zigbee-Based RTAS
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Phased Approach
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Value
Business Intelligence
Revenue Cycle Mgmt
Clinical Workflow
Beyond the Care Facility
Enterprise Workflow
Patient Flow
Throughput
Staff Efficiency
Departmental Functionality
Biomed / Clinical Engineering
OR / ED
Central Services / MM
Security
Asset Management
Shrinkage
Rental
Utilization
PHASE FOUR
PHASE THREE
PHASE TWO
PHASE ONE
TIME
Validate Accept Adopt Institute Integrate Optimize

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