Healthcare's Most Trusted Patient Wander Management System
CenTrak's Patient Wander Management System is a comprehensive healthcare RTLS solution that enhances patient safety by providing real-time location tracking via smart bands, immediate alerts for unauthorized movement or tampering, automated lockdowns of doors and elevators, customizable security profiles, and robust reporting to efficiently prevent wandering incidents and ensure rapid staff response across various hospital units.
Patient Wander Management System
A safe hospital environment is critical to the peace of mind of patients and staff, whether in the emergency department, behavioral health unit, pediatric floor, or facility-wide.
CenTrak RTLS Solutions for Patient Safety
CenTrak’s wander management system for healthcare offers:
- Live map views with real-time location updates
- Immediate alert notifications
- Robust reporting
- Automated lockdown procedures
- Individualized security profiles
Managing the Risks of Wandering Patients
The ability to redirect patients before they exit is essential. If a patient begins to wander or their smart band is tampered with or cut, staff are notified immediately so doors and elevators can be locked or disabled.
Quick and Efficient Responses to Wandering
Each patient is assigned a comfortable band that actively monitors their location in real-time. If an unauthorized change in location is detected, the wander patient alarm system sounds and staff are alerted via the RTLS software. Customizable settings allow some patients through designated access points, while others remain secured within select areas.
Benefits of CenTrak Safety Solutions
- Quickly and easily locate patients for vital checks or in emergency situations
- Empower patients with a feeling of control and freedom while ensuring their safety
Comprehensive Wander Management and Patient Locator System
CenTrak provides a single RTLS infrastructure to manage and maintain, simplifying operations across the healthcare enterprise.
Key Features
- Exit Protection: Escalating alerts and security measures as patients approach unauthorized zones or exits, including automated door locks and disabled elevator access.
- Tamper Detection: Sensors detect if the band is cut or removed. Alerts are displayed on the application workstation and logged in the system’s database.
- Custom Workflows: Alarm rules, escalation paths, and workflows (transport, transfer, discharge) can be modified based on facility requirements. Rules and access can be adjusted at the individual level.
- Scalable Platform: Expand the RTLS platform to support staff and patient safety initiatives, clinical workflow applications, asset tracking, temperature monitoring, and more.
- Location Accuracy: Clinical-Grade Locating captures patient movement and location within seconds, enabling immediate response to wander events.
- System Performance: Advanced system supervision ensures critical location data is consistently delivered. Devices have long-lasting batteries for reliability.
Advanced Technology for Patient Safety and Security
Hospital patient-tracking and wander management systems provide:
- Better quality care for patients
- Peace of mind for families and staff
- Smoother operations
CenTrak acts as a set of virtual eyes throughout the facility, sending alerts for immediate response to patient wandering.
Proactive Management of Patient Wandering Events
Staff are alerted to conditions such as:
- Cut band
- Loose tag
- Tag removed
- Low tag battery
- Unauthorized egress
- Loitering
Custom workflows can alert staff when a patient strays from a designated route, fails to return after transport, or does not arrive at the receiving unit during a transfer.
Comprehensive Software
- Intuitive user interface with audible and popup workstation alerts
- Logs provide a list view of alarm type, severity, date and time, and event description
- Filter results by patient name, tag number, or alarm type
- Reports support analysis of patient movement, transfer, and transport events, and alarms generated over time
Patient Bands
- Waterproof and water-resistant wearable devices for patients and staff
- Mini patient tag and SecureTag are small, comfortable, and unobtrusive
- Bands are also used for workflow automation and contact tracing
Location Technology
- Patented Second Generation Infrared (Gen2IR) devices for room- and bay-level locating
- No line-of-sight limitations
- Monitors and Virtual Walls transmit unique location IDs via Gen2IR, received by tags in that location
- Tags communicate location ID via radio frequency to the Location Server (Connect Core™)
- Low-Frequency chokepoints provide egress detection
Clinical Education
- Hands-on training and clinical workshops for staff
- On-site clinical educators review system functionality, share best practices, create workflow assessments, identify customization opportunities, and provide just-in-time assistance
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CenTrak’s Real-Time Location System (RTLS) has helped over 2,000 healthcare facilities increase productivity, streamline workflows, improve satisfaction, and reduce costs.
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