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Real-Time Locating System (RTLS)

What is RTLS?
 
The system is used by attaching Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to mobile devices or people. The wireless system then detects the location of the tag as it moves about the ward. Data regarding movement in time is stored in a database, which was then be analyzed to determine the nature of workflow and interactions between and within clinicians, and patients.
RTLS
Research Background
 
The primary objective of the RTLS project was to run a pilot test in an applied healthcare setting of Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity) location-monitoring technology that has been developed by IBM and AeroScout. The study  involved various kinds of clinicians wearing a tag for a shift. Data regarding movement in time is stored in a database, which was then analyzed to determine the nature of workflow and interactions between and within clinicians, and patients.
 
Potential applications would also include tagging a mobile device, such as an IV pump. Similarly, tags could be attached to confused patients, and if they walked outside a defined boundary (their room, or the ward) a nurse would automatically be notified.
 
The technology was tested on Unit 36 from November 2008 to May 2009, with data collection of clinicians and patients running from June 2009 to November 2009.
 
 
Questions?
 
For more information about the RTLS, please contact Alecia Greenough.