InnerWireless deployed Vision, a real-time location system (RTLS) formerly known as PanGo, in response to the hospital’s need for real-time asset tracking that would integrate with its Cisco Unified Wireless Network and Cisco Wireless Location Appliance. Denver Health also is using the technology to track rare, expensive equipment, such as wound vacuums.
Jeff Pelot, chief technology officer of Denver Health, said: With RTLS, we can quickly and efficiently find our equipment. Our biomedical department uses Vision for equipment maintenance purposes, and central supply can control infusion pump inventory. After seeing the results from tracking equipment in the Pavilion for women and children, we decided to use the system hospital wide. Our ultimate goal is to improve patient safety and enhance the patient experience, and being able to track our equipment throughout the hospital will help us accomplish that.
