Description: 222-bed acute-care hospital in the midst of $110 million expansion, adding 100 patient rooms, new emergency and surgical services and other improvements

Challenge: Difficulty finding equipment as needed for patient care, inspection and safety; anticipated need for improved clinical workflow and patient throughput with hospital expansion; ways to continually enhance safety in the work environment

Solution: Implemented Radianse real-time location platform and Radianse Reveal Asset Tracking hospital-wide; 2000 tags, room- and zone-level coverage; will evaluate patient tracking, staff tracking and patient flow applications

Benefits: Easier equipment management, improved recall management, better utilization of limited supply of critical devices and streamlined JCAHO compliance

In their words:

“Already we can see that real-time asset tracking is going to save a lot of time. There are a lot of reasons to need to find equipment. We had to dedicate staff for an hour or two to hunt for recalled devices and do preventive maintenance. Now they can walk over to the computer. What once took hours takes seconds.”

Greg Malone
Supervisor, Biomedical Engineering

“Radianse was so mindful of the patient care environment that they set themselves apart early. Our future plans will consider use of the Radianse platform to improve safety, particularly to add patient flow as we ramp up our new emergency services. We also think about staff safety. Imagine if every staff member had an active-RFID tag in the parking garage – a wonderful security application. Disaster preparedness is another opportunity.”

Penny Cooper
Administrative Director of Worksite and Patient Safety

SOMC In the News

Press Release
Southern Ohio Medical
Center implements Radianse Reveal Asset Tracking hospital-wide

HealthData Management
Jan 2008: Improved
Workflow and Asset
Tracking

Asset Management
Jan 2008: Tracking
1600+ Assets