A mobile asset sharing policy for hospitals with real time locating systems

Demircan-Yıldız, Ece Arzu; Fescioglu-Ünver, Nilgün

doi:10.3233/thc-151113

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“…Massive number of papers were related to healthcare application i.e. mobile assets sharing [18], workflow modeling [19], evaluation of different technologies [20], typology of RFID-based RTLS [21], inpatient care systems [22]. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to present and verify a methodology for selection of RTLS in industrial environment.…”

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An Approach to RTLS Selection

Gładysz¹,

Santarek²

2018

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Real Time Locating System has become an important part of supporting technologies applied in a wide range of logistics related to many sectors and branches, as warehousing, manufacturing or healthcare offering real time visibility of assets. It increases assets utilization. RTLS is a very wide term covering many different specific technologies. The use of a specific technology effects in achieving different performance metrics. Therefore, the selection of a specific technology (or mix) is multi-criteria decision making problem. A set of criteria for RTLS selection was discussed and confronted with a set of criteria for assessment of identification systems and an application of TOPSIS for the selection of RTLS was presented.

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An Approach to RTLS Selection

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2018

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“…Asset tracking can increase asset utilisation and decrease costs (Castro et al , 2013; Tzeng et al , 2008). Demircan-Yıldız and Fescioglu-Unver (2015) showed that even in a medium-sized hospital, asset tracking through RTLS can significantly reduce asset-to-patient time and the time staff spend on transferring assets. The less time is spent on looking for equipment, the more time can be spent on patient care.…”

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Real-time location systems in nursing homes: state of the art and future applications

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Purpose-In the domain of healthcare, both process efficiency and the quality of care can be improved through the use of dedicated pervasive technologies. Among these applications are so-called real-time location systems (RTLS). Such systems are designed to determine and monitor the location of assets and people in real time through the use of wireless sensor networks. Numerous commercially available RTLS are used in hospital settings. The nursing home is a relatively unexplored context for the application of RTLS and offers opportunities and challenges for future applications. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach-This paper sets out to provide an overview of general applications and technologies of RTLS. Thereafter, it describes the specific healthcare applications of RTLS, including asset tracking, patient tracking and personnel tracking. These overviews are followed by a forecast of the implementation of RTLS in nursing homes in terms of opportunities and challenges. Findings-By comparing the nursing home to the hospital, the RTLS applications for the nursing home context that are most promising are asset tracking of expensive goods owned by the nursing home in order to facilitate workflow and maximise financial resources, and asset tracking of personal belongings that may get lost due to dementia. Originality/value-This paper is the first to provide an overview of potential application of RTLS technologies for nursing homes. The paper described a number of potential problem areas that can be addressed by RTLS.

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