Advantech Launches Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Solution-Ready Package (SRP) for Healthcare Applications
2020-07-29
Taipei, Taiwan, July 29, 2020 - Advantech, a leading provider of industrial computing platform solutions, is pleased to announce its real-time location system (RTLS) solution-ready package (SRP) designed for real-time locating and monitoring of medical equipment, staff, and patients.
In the healthcare sector, hospital administrators are constantly seeking to improve the patient experience, reduce delays, and maintain a high quality of care. To address these pressures, RTLS solutions that enable asset tracking and are gaining traction in the healthcare sector. By facilitating equipment and patient tracking and locating, as well as automating equipment maintenance and repetitive data entry tasks, RTLS can improve hospital workflows, increase equipment utilization, simplify patient monitoring, and reduce documentation errors.
Advantech’s RTLS SRP is a total hardware-software solution that comprises an edge server, location sensors, tags, dashboards, medical-grade tablets, and RTLS management software. The integration of Advantech’s multi-mode sensing dynamic fusion (MSDF) technology, which utilizes a software algorithm to reduce interference from obstacles, enhances positioning performance in complex indoor environments, making it ideal for hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics.
Optimizes Asset Management for Improved Operations
RTLSs enable the rapid location and tracking of targets and assets, such as people and equipment. Sensors installed at various locations collect data from equipment tags and transmit it to a centralized server via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Diverse interfaces, such as APIs, mobile phones, apps, or integrated management software can then be used to access the data for real-time tracking and management of medical equipment, staff, and patients. This helps hospital administrators reduce time wastage due to missing assets, identify bottlenecks, and optimize processes for improved operational efficiency and patient care.
Bluetooth Tags Provide Accurate Detection at an Affordable Cost
Because the Bluetooth standard has been widely adopted around the world, BLE solutions are cheaper and easier to integrate with existing systems and devices compared to other technologies. Moreover, RTLS systems that employ Bluetooth tags offer a detection accuracy of up to 1.5 meters, making them suitable for diverse healthcare applications.
Supports Rapid Installation and Integration in Healthcare Environments
To facilitate easy deployment in a wide range of healthcare environments, the RTLS SRP is designed to be conveniently integrated with existing infrastructure and easy to scale according to specific application requirements. Overall, Advantech’s RTLS offers a significant return on investment by reducing the number of capital assets required, improving staff productivity and operational efficiency, and increasing patient care and satisfaction.
Key Features
- Total solution comprises an edge server, location sensors, tags, dashboards, medical-grade tablets, and RTLS management software
- Equipped with Advantech’s multi-mode sensing dynamic fusion technology for precise positioning
- Bluetooth tags offer reliable detection accuracy up to 1.5 meters
Advantech’s RTLS SRP will be available for order in Q3 of 2020. For more information about this or other Advantech products, contact your local sales support team or visit our website at www.advantech.com.
About Advantech
Founded in 1983, Advantech is a leading provider of trusted, innovative products, services, and solutions. Advantech offers comprehensive system integration, hardware, software, customer-centric design services, embedded systems, automation products, and global logistics support. We cooperate closely with our partners to provide complete solutions for a wide range of applications in diverse industries. Our mission is to enable an intelligent planet by developing automated and embedded computing products and solutions that facilitate smarter working and living. With Advantech products, the number of potential applications and innovations made possible becomes unlimited. (Corporate website: www.advantech.com)
