Patient Tracking Devices – Round the Clock Surveillance

With the advent of computers and wireless technology working hand in hand, many of the old practical problems of the past had been solved. In almost all endeavors, tracking of materials had always been a big problem. Today, in the health industry, they already had developed the effective patient tracking devices Victoria .

Several tracking systems are in use today, from the simplest to some of the most sophisticated in important industries. They are used all over in tracking pets and race horse, equipments, and luggage among other things.

Where some of the tracking gadgets use very basic technologies, those used in tracking health patients are the more sophisticated types. Nowadays, these are used mainly on patients (with dementia or Alzheimer’s) who can get lost if not for the surveillance devices they wear. 

Outpatients

The tracking devices are used on people who are suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s but are stay-at-home patients and are usually called out-patients. They need round the clock supervision and care, but relatives and loved ones usually want them to continue doing their everyday activities like normal.

Shopping, going around places, and running errands are some things that they do. In cases that they forget where they are and might be wandering around, chances of locating them these days are much better.

These outpatients don’t usually have some life-threatening conditions to necessitate their stay in hospitals and medical facilities.

 In-Patients

Healthcare facilities and hospitals are also using patient tracking devices for their in-hospital patients, this time more intensively. Some patients suffering from memory loss might wander around the hospital premises.

Finding them would be easier once they are equipped with these devices that track their present whereabouts round the clock.

Moreover, because of their conditions, their tracking devices are more sophisticated and advanced. Aside from being able to locate these patients readily, the tracking has now been developed to carry more information that is helpful for doctors, their care-givers or nurses. 

When found, the information they carry are automatically communicated to the right medical authorities and care is administered right away if needed.

Medical data

In some systems, the data patients carry with their locator tracker may have also carry historical analytics. These are information relevant for the medical staff to use and refer to.

It also gives the information for the staff to make real-time workflow and staffing adjustments, if the patient would need some emergency medical attention and such. The device tells where the patients are and how long their conditions are, their present health status, their care-givers and everything.  

Types

Some systems provides setups not just for tracking the patient-wearer but also are used as alert devices in cases of falls or other emergencies. These are specially-designed for seriously-debilitated patients who accidentally wander off.

Some of the worn devices give out geographical coordinates to position the user’s whereabouts. Those in charge can view in real time and do speedy work in averting accidents, medical or otherwise, that may happen to the patient.

Today’s patient tracking devices Victoria are also continually developed by manufacturers for their better future services.

Nurse Call Systems – Work in Progress

Like all the other technologies these days, there are still studies and work being done on wanting to do more innovations on the many state-of-the-art nurse call systems Queensland today. However, regardless of brands and models, all are for patients to call for emergency assistance with a single push of a button or a pull on a string.

In some systems, a panel lights up and alerts the nurses and hospital staff with an LED indicators and a tone. The various emergency stations within the medical facility has additional buttons, pull cords and call indicator lights assigned in different locations in the health complex.

Various systems

Some systems of nurse calls are promoted focusing on their various uses and not just for the medical facilities and hospitals but are also adaptable for use in outpatient clinics and nursing homes. The main selling point is its reliability and ease of use.

There are now several added features to the system like the zone lights and software that provides data-logging. This is used in monitoring medical alert devices ands the subsequent broadcast notifications that will inform the state of emergency.

Nurse calls

When a patient calls, whether in emergency situations or some other personal needs of the patient, the alert is registered by a light on the annunciator panel alongside the corridor outside the patient’s room.

This activated nurse call light gives the staff of the hospital (or nursing homes or outpatient’s clinics) to quickly and efficiently respond to the emergency.

At-a-glance info

The system enables the nurses and the staff concerned an at-a-glance information report on the panel. Immediately, doctors, nurses, caregivers or some staff can help right away the patient in need.

With the patient’s calls (either in emergency situation or some other personal needs of the patient), the alert is accompanied by a light on the annunciator.  This light activation gives the hospital staff (or nursing homes or outpatient clinics) to quickly and efficiently respond to the emergency.

Customization

The system can easily be customized according to the needs of the facility and that of their patients. The system had been programmed to learn form its mistakes. It is also designed by simply operations. This gives the staff more chances of providing care and other assistance and care than on learning computer techniques.

Being designed for appropriate customization, the system’s flexibility is expanded with these operational calls. One of the more significant customizations is the ability to include the many available components.

Additions

For practical purposes, the customization is for meeting the expanding needs of the facility. These could include the basic system, the bedside nurse call buttons, and more duty stations and call lights within the facility. This is simply adding more alert points.

The customization is for meeting the facility’s expanding needs. These might include the basic system, bedside nurse call buttons, more duty stations and call lights within the facility for more comprehensive alert points.

The others include software for reporting, accountability, and broadcast notifications. Others have medical pagers for either hard-wired or wireless systems. Today’s nurse call systems Queensland are still works in progress.