'Electronic eye' saves hospital time, money
In virtually every room and hallway at WakeMed in Cary, there's an electronic eye. Stephen Jackson envisioned a way for hospital staff to spend less time searching for equipment.
Posted — UpdatedIn virtually every room and hallway at WakeMed in Cary, there's an electronic eye.
Stephen Jackson envisioned a way for hospital staff to spend less time searching for equipment.
"If a health practitioner, nurse or so forth isn't spending time hunting equipment down, that's time spent with patients," said Stephen Jackson, chief technology officer for Radar Find.
The Radar Find system displays all of these healthcare tools on a computer map.
The "tags" on various things like mobile computers and infusion pumps send a signal to the nearest reader.
"And I would have to walk the entire hospital, this floor, ICU, 2 east, it could be anywhere in the hospital," Knott said.
"That used to be a manual process; we've automated that," Jackson said.
For Knott, the Radar Find system means less wasted time and more focus on patient care.
Saving time saves money, and in a hospital, it may even save lives.
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