New McKesson release tracks critical assets in hospitals
Healthcare information technology developer McKesson announced the general availability of the Horizon Real-Time Location System. The product uses a hospital’s existing 802.11 Wi-Fi network, active radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, and software to instantly track the location and movements of critical assets and hospital personnel, according to the San Francisco-based company.
McKesson says its small, active RFID tags are affixed to high-value assets or to key individuals, and send signals over the wireless network to a location engine that uses software to map and report the tag locations on a geospatial view of the hospital. The system condenses this data into meaningful text and graphical images, according to the company.
McKesson says its small, active RFID tags are affixed to high-value assets or to key individuals, and send signals over the wireless network to a location engine that uses software to map and report the tag locations on a geospatial view of the hospital. The system condenses this data into meaningful text and graphical images, according to the company.