Healthcare Webinars

AHA Webinar Featuring Oregon Health & Science University: Cooperation and Collaboration Yields RTLS Results at OHSU

Learn how OHSU leveraged RTLS to manage thousands of pieces of critical equipment throughout nine buildings, monitor temperature in refrigerators and freezers, and apply improvements for its biomed, nursing, pharmacy and patient transport staff. You will also learn about best practices developed throughout years of experience and the financial benefit estimates and payback period of their implementation.

SPEAKERS:

  • Dennis Minsent, Director, Clinical Technology Services, OHSU
  • Angela Baltz, Clinical Engineer, OHSU
  • Chris Coffman, Senior Application Engineer, OHSU
Customer Webinar Featuring Lifespan Health System: Enterprise Wireless Temperature Monitoring - A Project to Gain Control

Learn how, by leveraging its existing Wi-Fi network, Lifespan implemented an automated temperature monitoring solution; understand the process with which they chose the solution; and learn about some of the initial returns on their investment.
“Two days after go live a refrigerator containing very expensive and scarce chemotherapy drugs went down.  An alert reached the Pharmacy within 5 minutes.  Drugs were transferred to another refrigerator. System paid for itself with this one event!”

SPEAKERS:

  • David Hemendinger,  VP /CTO, Lifespan
  • Elaine Palm, Director, IS Infrastructure, Lifespan
AHA Webinar Featuring Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota: Transforming Bedside Care Through Integrated Communication Solutions, Including Real-time Location Systems

Learn how your organization can improve clinical staff efficiency, and enhance patient care by incorporating Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) for process improvement. Hear about the potential nursing value obtained from staff location visibility and management.
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota also describe their recommended communication practices including integration of patient monitor alarms and patient care notifications with wireless phones, and staff location.
Results include a quieter, safer patient environment, staff satisfaction, and improved workflow.

SPEAKERS:

  • Bobbie Carroll, RN, MHA, Director of Professional Development, Practice & Clinical Informatics, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
  • Roberta Testor, MSS, MA, Director of IT Technical Services, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
AHA Webinar Live Demonstration: The Impact of Hospital-Wide RTLS - A Demonstration of a Day in the Life of Nurses and Biomed Staff

Experience a live demonstration of a real-time visibility system in action. A lack of "visibility" into the real-time location, status and condition of patients, staff, medical equipment and other mobile assets contributes to the complex challenges of operating today's health care organization. An infusion pump that isn't maintained on time, an open refrigerator with temperature-sensitive goods, suboptimal patient flow within and between departments, or an eloping patient can all have major impacts on a hospital's overall quality of care, staff efficiency, regulatory compliance and finances. Hospital-wide Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) bring much needed solutions to these challenges, increasing visibility within health care organizations and delivering the tools to drive operational efficiency.

SPEAKER:

  • Charlotte Miller, BSN, MBA, Director of Nursing Informatics, AeroScout
  • Joel Cook, Director of Healthcare Solutions, AeroScout
AHA Webinar featuring Genesis Health System: Improve Patient Care and Operational Efficiencies Using a Real-time Location System (RTLS)

Learn how Genesis Health System, Davenport, IA, leveraged its standard Wi-Fi network to implement a Healthcare Real-Time Location System. The solution increased equipment utilization and more effectively controlled distribution and allocation. Genesis will share how it uses the real-time asset visibility information combined with their hospital census data to forecast, plan, and execute the distribution of its equipment. In addition, you will learn how RTLS can help with disaster planning and response.

SPEAKERS:

  • Al Loeffelholz, Manager, Logistics - Materials Services, Genesis Health System
  • Steve Montgomery, Supervisor, Logistics, Genesis Health System
AHA Webinar Featuring SUNY Upstate University Hospital: Every Second Counts: SUNY Upstate Leverages Wi-Fi based Asset Tracking Solutions to Increase O.R. Efficiency

Learn how University Hospital, part of the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, deployed an AeroScout healthcare solution to improve asset visibility and ultimately, improve patient care. The AeroScout solution tracks the location of O.R. equipment and also wirelessly monitors the temperatures in refrigerators and freezers. The solution also enables enterprise-wide equipment maintenance, further facilitating Joint Commission compliance. SUNY Upstate believes its efforts to leverage its Wi-Fi network have had a significant impact on efficiency and patient care.

SPEAKERS:

  • Terry Wagner, Chief Information Officer, SUNY Upstate
  • Mark Zeman, Associate Administrator of Integrated Materials & Technical Support, SUNY Upstate
AHA Webinar Featuring UNC Healthcare System: Driving Value from a Variety of RTLS Applications

UNC Healthcare System share their insights regarding Temperature Monitoring, Asset Tracking & Management, and Patient & Staff Safety applications. Hear about best practices for gaining institutional buy-in for RTLS solutions and their process for researching and executing an enterprise-wide deployment.

Hear how your hospital can improve operational efficiency, increase asset utilization, reduce patient elopement and enhance patient care by using RTLS solutions that leverage your existing, standard Wi-Fi networks.

SPEAKERS:

  • Tracy Parham, RN, IT Director, Patient and Clinical Systems, UNC Healthcare System
  • Jeff Carter, Manager of Physical Security and Surveillance, UNC Healthcare System