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Chaperone
InfoSol Starts Healthcare BI Initiative with Chaperone RFID Solution
Chaperone, developed by InfoSol partner Mantic Point in the U.K., is an application that combines Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and Business Intelligence to automatically track and analyze the movement of mobile medical
equipment in hospitals.
RFID tags, which emit radio frequency signals, are attached to mobile equipment such as ECG’s, Infusion Pumps, Wheelchairs, etc., and RFID readers are placed between different
zones (e.g., a ward, corridor, or entrance), to track their movements. When a tagged mobile asset moves between zones, the reader detects the tag and Chaperone updates its location in the database.
Chaperone provides simple browser based screens for hospital staff to quickly locate mobile medical equipment.
When hospital staff
need to find a piece of equipment, they can go to the nearest PC and use the intuitive browser based search function of Chaperone to find it.
Chaperone also
maintains a complete audit trail of all equipment movements, allowing hospital administrators and managers to analyze this information over a period of time.
Using Business Intelligence tools, like BusinessObjects, Web Intelligence and Dashboard Manager, it is possible to track trends and identify shortages or
surpluses of equipment in certain areas, as well as implement effective risk management controls.
A BusinessObjects Dashboard is used to track medical equipment movements over a period of time, as well as provide
risk management alerts and information.
Such controls might be
ensuring certain medical devices are only used on wards where staff have been properly trained in their correct use, or quickly tracking down equipment used
in a contaminated area and placing it in quarantine.
The combined benefits of improving quality, lowering cost, and reducing risk in hospitals makes
Chaperone a very compelling solution for the healthcare industry.
Chaperone provides a graphical
presentation of the monitored area in the hospital to make it easier to locate where vital mobile medical equipment can be found.
Recent independent studies
have shown that a typical hospital cannot locate 15% to 20% of its mobile medical equipment at any given time. In addition, other studies show that
the time spent searching for missing medical equipment equates to over $1,800 of cost for every nurse each year.
The BusinessObjects reports and dashboards
for Chaperone are completely customizable to meet the specific needs of each hospital.
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