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Indoor positioning systems (IPS) automate patient tracking for hospital process efficiency. This technology successfully monitored patient flow through a multistep preoperative process, reducing manual labor and improving data collection.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Operations Research
  • Medical Informatics
  • Patient Flow Management

Background:

  • Traditional time-motion studies in hospitals are manual, labor-intensive, and can affect system performance.
  • Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) offer a potential solution for automated patient tracking and process monitoring.
  • This study investigated the feasibility of using IPS for monitoring patients in a complex preoperative pathway.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of an Indoor Positioning System (IPS) in automatically tracking patients through a multistep ambulatory preoperative process.
  • To assess the accuracy and utility of IPS-derived data for time-motion analysis in a clinical setting.

Main Methods:

  • An IPS was implemented to track patients undergoing needle localization and excisional biopsy over a nine-month period.
  • Direct observation established a workflow template, against which IPS data was compared.
  • Custom software was developed to convert raw IPS data into actionable time-motion metrics.

Main Results:

  • Of 226 patients successfully tagged, 177 (78%) matched the established workflow template.
  • Automated timestamps provided key process durations: pre-radiology (77 min), in radiology (105 min), and radiology to OR (80 min).
  • Total mean preoperative time was calculated as 261 minutes.

Conclusions:

  • A combination of IPS technology and pattern matching software can automate time-motion studies for patients in multi-departmental, multistep processes.
  • This automated approach requires minimal day-of-surgery intervention (tag application).
  • IPS offers a scalable solution for enhancing hospital process efficiency and patient flow monitoring.