Beacons Become the Nerve of Healthcare

IoT Heralding Changes

• Internet of things or IoT becomes the focal point of modern day technology and becomes inevitable for every industry including the healthcare industry

• The discreet beacons become a vital component of the IoT ecosystem, revolutionizing the way things have been done in the last few years

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Beacons in Healthcare

Interesting Statistics

Forbes cites a market research report that puts the healthcare industry IoT investments at about $110 billion plus by 2020

A review suggests that about 60% of healthcare institutes have introduced IoT empowered devices in their facilities. The most common use of IoT is to setup monitoring for patients

Most respondents in the same review, about 80% are inclined to explore IoT as a means to drive innovation in their line of business

Vodafone, has recently published a white paper depicting how IoT will allow people to align themselves to their medical treatment schedules. The technology revolution driven by IoT will impact millions of individuals and can possibly result in savings of hundreds of billions in the US every year

Benefits of Beacons in Healthcare

Beacons Adding a Layer of

Simplicity

• Beacons render a layer of simplicity to the complex IoT ecosystem.

• Beacons are plain, low energy bluetooth devices or BLE, communicating with smartphones & other devices silently.

• This tiny wonder collects data from the real world and fuses it into the virtual, only to be contended by a close competitor Google Physical Web

Optimized Operations

Beacons push the healthcare & hospital operations when it comes to automation, innovation & improving productivity

01The level of integration beacons have with IoT allows operational healthcare make a move towards modernization empowered with technology

02Beacons are also very effective when it comes to record retrieval, an essential part of hospital operations

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Easy Navigation

Beacon app directs patients via push notifications to the

designated waiting areas, or provide them the status of their

appointments while waiting at the center.

If the patient has already received a prescription, beacons help guide

them to the in-house pharmacy

If the patient has been prescribed a specific service like a X-ray or MRI, beacons help direct to the correct area. With the right app,

beacons are capable to serve as a ready reference guide for patients

across the hospital.

Beacons also guide visitors to specific departments thus improving productivity and

optimizing the cost of signage or published guides as well as

displayed maps of the institute

Digitized Access Control

• Beacons also assist in setting up automation when it comes to accesses

• Department managers can setup specific entry accesses for designated doctors or healthcare staff

• At each access point, setting up bluetooth tags also enable record or identity management & requisite availability of data

Patient Tracking

The usage of beacon technology to track patients within a hospital is obvious. Beacons are integrated with apps that in turn are synced to wearables such as wrist bands or accessories.

01Integrating beacons with wearables enables two-way communication, it guides patients as well as helps collect patient data, specifically health vitals.

02However, even outside of the hospital, beacons are appropriately installed to trigger app notifications in case of an emergency, which places a call to the nearest hospital transmitting patient location data. This feature is of particular use for elderly patients, or for those that require constant supervision. In fact, the most common & obvious use case of Beacon & IoT combination in healthcare is to deploy extensive patient monitoring.

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Asset Tracking

Bluetooth tags setup around hospital buildings and near all asset repositories ensure there is a regular check on each & every critical possession in the hospital.

Considering the chaotic nature of healthcare operations, there is a possibility for hospital assets or equipment to be inaccessible when really required.

Hospital assets are also not free from the risk of theft, making beacon-based asset tracking deployment important.

Analytics

Considering their outreach in varied areas, beacons are exposed to a large amount of data such as patient movement, preferences, billing frequency, visit behavior all along with physiological data

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Integrating beacons with analytics & big data help the healthcare enterprise or hospital with decision making insights so very critical in this competitive era

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Improving Patient Experiences

Undoubtedly, Beacons and iBeacons are Grabbing Attention & Enticing Patrons all across the domains and are all set to improve the overall patient experience in the traditional

healthcare centers

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