Guidelines for deployment of an IPS in your hospital

"Where is the nearest IV pump?"
"Where is patient Smith?"
"What is the current waiting time in the ER?"
"Which patient room is available?"
"Which beds are due for cleaning next?"

Indoor Positioning Systems can instantly answer these, or similar questions, and so many, many other important location related questions that are asked hundreds of times every day in a healthcare institution. Imagine what would happen to your operations when all these questions can be instantly answered!

Indoor Positioning Systems, also referred to as Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), bear promise of becoming the next "new wave" in efficiency and productivity improvements for healthcare institutions.

In a 2005 poll of over 100 hospital managers across the US, over 50% of them anticipated to have IPS for equipment tracking installed in their facilities by 2007. Many pilots are underway, and 2006 and 2007 promise to be years for a broad market adoption of IPS solutions.

In embarking on your IPS journey, this document contains some practical points to consider:

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