Awarepoint was chosen for asset tracking at University of California San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF). The vendor selection team looked at 6 different systems and selected Awarepoint. The story in Healthcare IT News highlights the technology's use for improving productivity in the surgery department.
Here's what jumped out at me:
Installation and the tagging of 700 assets throughout UCSF Medical Center took under 48 hours.
Whoa. The 700 tags is not much for a 500+ bed hospital; what got my attention was the 48 hour installation time. A brief blurb on the product explains:
Awarepoint's RTLS needs no hardwiring or fixed infrastructure due to
wireless sensors, which plug into electrical outlets. Assets are
attached with small, battery-powered tags, which are tracked using the
Web-based Searchpoint search engine.
Pictured at right is an Awarepoint ZigBee receiver, shot in the wild.
Based on how I read the article, they are only doing this for the ORs-of which there might be 700 pieces of equipment.
Ahh - I understand your comment regarding pictures - the wireless adaptor above perhaps???