System Will Track Patients & Equipment for 35 Operating Room Departmen

The automatic tracking software acts as a real-time communication portal integrating patient, staff and medical equipment location information. Data is collected from wireless patient and asset badges and sensors using an active RFID network throughout the surgical services department.  The software, designed to integrate communications from surgery scheduling and nurse call systems in addition to wireless telephony, provides busy surgery departments with information on the care status of their patients to avoid delays in patient flow caused by a lack of information. Information is organized in status view screens for each stage of the department from registration to recovery units. A customized map view of the department depicts the location and status of patients, mobile medical equipment and room availability to further enhance department management. Information is updated automatically through the use of RFID locating technology which automatically updates patient information, eliminating the need for manual data entry. Phone calls, overhead pages and other intrusive or less efficient methods of orchestrating care are significantly reduced. Long Beach Memorial Medical Center  and Miller Children’s Hospital have been using automatic tracking software from PCTS in their emergency department for more than four years, resulting in streamlined patient length of stays and improved department management.

“We are looking forward to enhancing our patient flow utilizing the RFID technology offered by  Amelior ORTracker software,” said John Stewart, executive director of Information Services, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center and Miller Children’s Hospital. “The improved workflow in our Emergency Department convinced us that RFID tracking would provide the same or greater benefit in Surgical Services.”

“We are very pleased to expand the breadth of our support for Long Beach Memorial and Miller Children’s high acuity patient flow needs,” said Tony Marsico, CEO of PCTS. “Perioperative departments have a tremendous amount of information and resources to orchestrate in a timely manner in support of their patients’ care. The Amelior ORTracker system represents a highly efficient solution to integrate all key patient care information in a manner that reduces the administrative demands on care givers and enhances a department’s overall efficiency.”