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Ekahau RTLS Untapping Hidden Potential In Hospitals. Tuomo Rutanen SVP Business Development Ekahau Inc. Reston Va. Tel: 703 860 2850 Email Tuomo.Rutanen@Ekahau.com. Company Overview. Ekahau is the performance leader in providing WIFI-based location tracking solutions.
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Ekahau RTLS Untapping Hidden Potential In Hospitals Tuomo Rutanen SVP Business Development Ekahau Inc. Reston Va. Tel: 703 860 2850 Email Tuomo.Rutanen@Ekahau.com
Company Overview • Ekahau is the performance leader in providing WIFI-based location tracking solutions. • Ekahau’s award winning products are based on using open and industry standard WIFI/802.11 networks. • Ekahau was founded in 2000 in Helsinki Finland and is today a U.S based corporation. • Ekahau has received several global patents on it’s core technology. • Ekahau is privately owned with offices in the U.S., Canada, Finland, France, Germany, U.K. Japan and China. • Ekahau is privately funded and backed by venture, corporate and institutional investors. • Several thousand satisfied customers worldwide Ekahau Awards Ekahau Investors
Ekahau Worldwide • Reston, VA • AMERICAS Sales & Marketing • Engineering • Helsinki, Finland • EMEA/APAC Sales & Marketing • R&D, Product Management, Engineering • Saratoga, CA • HQ, Sales US West • Engineering London, UK Sales Management UK Vancouver Sales Management Canada Chicago Sales Management Mid-West Paris, France Sales Management Europe South Hong Kong Sales Management Manufacturing Asia Atlanta Sales Management Healthcare Stuttgart, Germany Sales Management Europe Middle Tokyo Sales Management Japan Ekahau Office Ekahau Regional Staff
One Enterprise Wireless Infrastructure DATA VOICE What de-facto standard wireless infrastrcuture is ALREADY being used campus wide for Enterprise Data and Voice AND LOCATION purposes? LOCATION 802.11 Wi-Fi 802.11 Wi-Fi
Ekahau Healthcare Customers and Partners Over 200+ healthcare customers worldwide
Why We Are Great at What We Do ? • Leveraging an 802.11 network has obvious advantages to solutions that require a proprietary infrastructure, however, enterprise WLANs are complex and fluctuating entities. • Ekahau has 10 apprpved patents on generating location from RSSI data. • US 7,228,136: A method for probabilistic positioning using radio signal observations. • US 7,196,662: A method for creating and combining probabilistic radio signal models. • US 7,209,752: Methods for estimating and visualizing positioning uncertainty. • US 7,299,059: A method for modeling possible routes using tracking rails to improve positioning accuracy. • US 7,149,531: A method for monitoring radio networks in real time. • US 2005/0136944: A method for improving positioning accuracy by using a sequence of radio signal observations. • US 2005/0181804: A method for normalizing radio signal observations from different types of devices. • US 2007/0149216: A method for multi-hypothesis tracking which improves positioning accuracy, scalability and performance. • US 2007/0149215: A method for improving positioning system performance by focusing the computation on a small subset of possible locations based on the latest observations. • PCT/FI2007/050651: A method for ensuring that a positioning model meets the given accuracy requirements, helping to optimize the model and fix potential problems.
How does this compare with others ? Ultra-Wideband Ultrasound RFID + IR Wi-Fi + Chokepoints *) ZigBee + RFID Lifetime Cost & Complexity Ekahau Wi-Fi RTLS Multi-Campus Presence Campus Floor Department Room Bed Shelf Accuracy *) Note 125 kHz chokepoints are forbidden in many hospitals around the world
Ekahau Differentiators • IPR– Significant portfolio of patent filings covering a broad spectrum of RF algorithms, processes and methodologies for indoors and outdoors • Accuracy – The most accurate Wi-Fi RTLS solution with a significant accuracy and scalability advantage over proprietary systems • Scalability – Enterprise-wide scalability that accommodates over 50K tags and 100M Sq. ft. per server. • Performance – Low latency and high transaction throughput. • Cost – Advantage in total cost of ownership over 1-5 year period • Standards Based – The only true 802.11 standards-based RTLS system, requiring no HW overlays or proprietary/interfering sensors. • Array of Tracked Devices – Most extensive selection of Wi-Fi tags, soft-clients and clientless tracking of existing Wi-Fi devices • Smart Tags – Capable of operating in beaconing and full associated mode for mission critical applications. 100% programmable remotely. • Deployment Tools – Comprehensive toolset for performance verification, troubleshooting, tuning and system analysis. • Two-way Communication – The industry’s only end-to-end platform providing full two-way communication between tags and servers
Ekahau RTLS for Healthcare The ONLY Real-Time-Location Solution that can provide resolution at the: Door level Bed level Room level Shelf level Building level Campus/Multi-Campus ….all using your existing Wi-Fi infrastructure + Ekahau software and Ekahau Tags !
What does RTLS Track in a Hospital ? 1. Asset Tracking • Clinical equipment • Wheelchairs • Beds, Stretchers • Medical assets • IT assets, COWs 3. Patient tracking • Process improvement through tracking patient flow • Wanderers/elopement • Long-term care, elderly care • Control pandemics • Manage disaster situations 2. Staff tracking • Process/workflow improvement • Scheduling, Patient transports • Staff safety – alarms
Hospital Departments Served Today by Ekahau RTLS • Biomedical Engineering • Asset Tracking, PMs , Recalls, Cleaning, Recycling, Compliance • Materials Management • Asset Management, Leasing/Rentals • Emergency Department • Patient-flow tracking, staff safety, asset availability • OR/Surgery • Patient flow, process improvement, asset availability, temperature, samples • Pathology/Laboratory • Sample tracking, freezer/refrigerator management • Pharmacy • Narcotics tracking, freezers/refrigerators • Housekeeping • Transport dispatch and tracking, tracking assets, bed management • IT/IS • Tracking COW carts, PDAs, VOIP Phones • Security • Guard tracking and paging, staff emergency messaging, emergency call location • Management/Finance • Sox/Joint Commission compliance, auditing, budgeting
RTLS – What do people think it is ? What’s out there ? • Real Time Location System • Monitor location of objects using a radio network • Rules and alerts based on location or button presses • API to 3rd party system pushes out location data or even a map …this is pretty easy, not very impressive nor exciting… Button press in room 301 #252 is exiting the floor
What is it really about ? I’m in New York Transport needed in Bldg2. Room 304 RTLS is not only about location and events It is about: • Providing and communicating relevant information to and from people and objects • Communicating one to many, many to one, tag to person, tag to tag, person to tag, etc. • Driving actionable events which are communicated and/or escalated and responded to based on event, severity, type, time, motion, location, sensor, etc. • Events initiated by tags, buttons, sensors, people, computers, telephones, PDA’s, cell-phones, etc. all forming the “RTLS Grid” that communicates. I’m nearby –let me take it- be there in 5 2 IV:s +1 VSM in Room #4 for servicing OK- shut-up an go to sleep I’m in storage area 34. The samples are melting Code Red Room 315 Acknowledge I’ve fallen down and cannot get up I’m on my way to pick them up I’m in the parking lot
Wi-Fi RTLS Solution Architecture ( It can get pretty busy ! ) Alert Find Query View Security Systems Alerts Views Messages E-mail Reporting Web Extranet XML SQL Acknowledge Act Report Inform • Maps • APIs • Reports • Logs/Alerts • Event rules • Business rules • Groups • Categories • Zones • Alerts/Messaging • History • Commissioning • Algorithms • Client/Tag Mgmt. • Messaging GW • Statuses Vision Application Positioning Engine Proprietary portals Interference Additional infrastructure Physical chokepoints Existing Campus-Building-Enterprise 802.11 A/B/G/N Network NO • Programming • Settings • “Buzz/Blink” • Event Status • Acknowledge • Confirm • Reply • Alert • Location • Status • Event • Motion • Temp/Humidity • Process/sensor/control • Identification • Presence Wi-Fi Pager VOIP Phone PDAs Barcode Scanner Inventory Tag RFID Scanner Telemetry Tag Tablet Laptop Staff Badges Temperature Tag Asset Tags
Ekahau RTLS • Ekahau T-series WIFI Tags ( 8 models ) • Up to 5+ year battery, 2-way communication, tamper proof, audible and visible alarming, 2-way paging and telemetry. • Beaconing (MAC) and Associated ( IP) modes • Ekahau Positioning Engine- patented *) & accurate location server and algorithms: • 802.11 A/B/G /N location tracking for up to 1-3 meter resolution with standard Wi-Fi. • Centralized or distributed support • Scalable to 50,000 tags per server & 100million sq ft • Ekahau Vision - enterprise application: • Web-based, real-time, enterprise-wide visibility with full alerting, status, Ekahau Zones, rules and reporting capabilities • Item status, room status, flow metrics, dwell times, escalations and work orders • Ekahau APIs • Two-way XML and SQL options for integration with third party applications Inventory Tag Telemetry Tag Asset Tag Temperature Tag (Cryo +Regular) Temp Humidity Badge Pager PDA’s Handheld VOIP Phones Patient Wristband *) 12 global patents approved
Ekahau RTLS Tags Asset Tag • The Ekahau System possesses the widest selection of tags of any Wi-Fi based RTLS system and many other non-Wi-Fi systems • Most of Ekahau’s tags can operate in three modes: • Cisco CCX ( standard one-way Cisco “blink mode” • Ekahau Beaconing ( advanced one-way “blink mode”) • Smart-Mode ( 2-way, secure and managed mode for mission critical use) • Combined Smart and Blink modes • All Ekahau Tags can support different IP schemes: • No IP address • Static or Dynamic addressing • Forthcoming IPv6 standard for network devices • Ekahau Tags feature “Smart” capabilities such as: • On-board alerting ( eg. temperature, staff duress, etc.) • Over The Air (OTA) programming & configuration ( for touch-free operation ) • 2-way messaging including alarms/ alerts, acknowledgements, text messages, sensor alarms ( with confirmation ) and multiple push buttons. • Ekahau RTLS and Tags have the widest acceptance and compatibility in the Wi-Fi market with over 28 mutual certifications covering LWAPP, Autonomous, Mesh and Outdoor Access Point-based networks. Badge/Pager Sensor Tag Temp Tag Temperature + Humidity Patient Wristband PDA’s Handheld VOIP Phones
Ekahau Zones Transport needed in Bldg2. Room 304 • Ekahau Zones are the equivalent of physical portals, but exist virtually in the Ekahau system to drive alerts and business rules. • Ekahau Zones are drawn by mouse and can be located anywhere on a facility map. • There is no limit number, size or shape on zones. • Example zones include • Doorways for exit alerts • Patient rooms for room status • Sending rooms for Clinical Engineering • OR/ED Flow Tracking • Zero cost alternative to expensive and proprietary chokepoints *) at doorways or exits. *) some WIFI chokepoints operate at 125 kHz which have been found to pose serious risks in hospitals. 3 pumps in Sending Room need servicing Alert COW cart exiting floor Patient Smith is awaiting discharge in Room 327 Ekahau Confidential
Ekahau Location Beacons – Complementing Wi-Fi The beacons can be attached to any surface and pointed into the area that needs to be identified. For example: A Bed Beacon on the wall above a bed, will shower the bed with a unique ID, allowing you to see if a patient is in the bed or not or if a caregiver is or has been with a patient. A Bed Beacon can tell whether a bed is available or not based on occupancy A Bed Beacon mounted over a sink can detect who washed their hands and when Beacons can be used between curtained areas to know the location and status of patients for example in recovery, ED etc.. ? ? ? Were their hands washed to prevent transmitting Infections ? Patient Smith in Bed 1 Bed 2 is empty Bed 3 Occupied by Patient Monroe Dr. Johnson at Bed 1
Ekahau T-301 WIFI Tag • Ekahau’s 3rd Generation WIFI Tag • Based on G2 Microsystems SOC • Built-in CPU, 802.11-b radio, full IP stack, motion sensor, memory and power circuitry • Attachment via belt clip, wall mount, tie-wrap, clip etc. • Optical tamper switch detects unauthorized removal of the tag • Two call buttons • OTA ( Over the Air ) configuration and alerting • Programmable signal LEDs and customizable buzzer • Non-rechargeable CR-2 batteries for over five year battery life. • Supports WEP to WPA2-PSK • Hybrid Associating and Beaconing modes
Ekahau T301-B WIFI Tag • Based on G2 Microsystems SOC • Supports T301-A features (Excluding tamper) • Rechargeable battery • Security switch for strap applications • Graphical OLED display option • LED and buzzer functionality • Motion sensor • Interface for external power • Interface for external sensor or 3rd party devices • Two-way pager/SMS functionality • Multiple buttons for scrolling • Browser-like interface • Hybrid Associating and Beaconing modes
T301-B Personnel Tag with LCD Man-Down alerts: if person has not moved in 5min, send request to get security guard to that location Panic Alerts if one needs help, push button and get help in you location Hazardous areas whoever enters in hazardous area, report person ID and location Use case examples/Safety: Code RED 132 • T301BD • Pager/text messaging (LCD) option • Motion sensor • Panic buttons • Pull-strap alarm • Re-chargeable
Application Example: Temperature Monitoring • Leverages leading edge 802.11 System on a Chip ( SOC ) technology • Built-in CPU, 802.11-b radio, full IP stack, application memory, battery and power circuitry • Two external probe options: Regular and Cryo • Temperature ranges: • -50C to + 85C ( basic probe configuration ) • -200C to + 200C( Platinum probe ) • +/- 1C temperature variation • Temperature measurement and reporting intervals are fully programmable including on-board alerting. • On-board memory to store measurements when network connectivity is not available. • OTA ( Over the Air ) configuration and re-programming ( Fall/09 ) • Supports WEP, WPA and WPA2 • Battery life up to five years ( dual battery unit) with 15 minute reporting interval
Perform Site Survey 2 • walk around the site once for • RF pre-survey Ekahau RTLS - Three Step Installation: 3 WiFi Client Start Tagging and Tracking! Install Software • Any Wi-Fi clients of Wi-Fi tags 1 Server Any Wi-Fi network • - Ekahau Positioning Engine SW • Floor Plan maps • Ekahau Applications
Ekahau RTLS Performance Advantage • Ekahau RTLS is known as the performance leader in the industry today. • Ekahau RTLS does not consume network resources or cause any interference ( as certified by leading Wi-Fi vendors ) • Over 14 years of intense research on algorithms, 10 patent awards and winning every performance bake-off are testaments to our technological superiority over other systems. • Ekahau’s chose Wi-Fi as it’s infrastructure because it presented the best value to the customer over any other enterprise RF technology. • Ekahau’s market leading Wi-Fi network planning and analysis tools complement and support our core competencies in RTLS. • Extensive collaboration in the healthcare space with many parties embedding Ekahau into Wi-Fi enabled devices. Ekahau’s award winning Site Survey tool provides the full picture on network performance for Data, Voice, RTLS Ekahau RTLS does not require excessive installation of more Wi-Fi Access Points
Ekahau - The Wi-Fi Experts • Developing the leading Wi-Fi RTLS system requires deep knowledge and experience with Wi-Fi & RF • Every environment is different for AP placement, Wi-Fi coverage and overlap • Accurate Wi-Fi readings and visualizations are key factors in RTLS deployment • Wi-Fi and RF signals are ”bouncy” and unpredictable in nature, Ekahau has been able to harness this through advanced R&D • Ekahau Advantage: Ekahau RTLS is deployed using Ekahau Site Survey (ESS) • ESS is the industry’s only and first RTLS capable survey tool • Standard Wi-Fi site survey calibrates the RTLS, no extra calibration work needed • World’s first enterprise site survey / planning tool, released in 2002 • Used by thousands of IT administrators and Wi-Fi engineers • Incorporates spectrum analysis to determine interferers like Bluetooth, Microwave, ZigBee, etc. Ekahau Site Survey Partners
What else can Wi-Fi RTLS do for my hospital ? • An RTLS system is not just limited to “finding things” or alerting when something exits the door, a properly planned deployment and execution can automate many manual processes and reduce human error. Examples include: • Managing and automating equipment inventories, par levels, preventive maintenance • Automatically capture time and motion for outpatient visits, surgeries, lab procedures etc. to measure and manage based on process visibility. • A properly deployed RTLS system can be used across the entire enterprise and leverage the economies of scale of hospital-wide implementations on a “cost per tracked item” model.
Summary • Ekahau is the only solution on the market that does not require wiring in or plugging in disruptive, expensive and proprietary hardware technology – we accomplish all of this with software and tags. • Because Ekahau is 100% Wi-Fi and IP-based: • You don’t have to worry about any potential interference issues now or in the future. • The learning curve and on-going support for Ekahau RTLS is minimal. • Ekahau offers several business models to accommodate your purchasing requirements from simple capital purchase to “lease to own” and SaaS. • Our confidence in our technology is backed by a thorough pre-survey followed by a fast system implementation and comprehensive End-User training.
Wi-Fi RTLS Customer Examples
Case Study : Carolinas Healthcare – Enterprise Asset Tracking • Customer: • Third largest independent hospital system in the U.S. • 24 Facilities across North and South Carolina • System-wide Beds 5000+ • Problem: • Clinical device visibility for PMs and recall management • Asset utilization and par levels across enterprise were not optimal • Solution: • All major clinical assets tagged with Ekahau T-301 Asset tags • Capital budget savings through reduced equipment purchase and leasing programs due to enterprise-wide visibility and reallocation • PM turnaround times reduced resulting in excellent completion rates and par level maintenance across all departments • Expanding to patient-flow tracking
Case Study: Psychiatric Hospitals, Canada – Staff Safety • Customer: • 188 Bed Psychiatric Hospital in Ontario • 206 Bed Psychiatric Hospital in Quebec • Problem: • Staff safety was becoming a serious problem with certain patients and patient types. • Staff safety and morale impacted by “code-white” incidents • Several cases where staff have been seriously injured by patients • Solution: • Staff members carry an Ekahau T-301-B Wi-Fi Badge with “panic switch” • Staff members ( doctors, nurses and transporters ) simply pull on the tag to initiate a “code white’ • Code White escalations sent to Security and other staff members with precise location of incident and “type” of staff member involved. • Serious staff injuries are declining and staff morale is improving.
Case Study: Southeast Alabama Medical Ctr.– Temperature Mgmt. • Customer: • 375 Bed Regional Hospital serving three state region. • Regional referral center • Existing Wi-Fi RTLS in place • Problem: • Monitoring and management of medicine and tissue refrigeration units performed manually. • No automated way to measure and address anomalies. • Solution: • Ekahau T-301-T Wi-Fi temperature tags mounted on freezers and refrigerators constantly monitor and report. • Wireless alerting in case of temperature breaches to PC:s, Wi-Fi Pagers , VOIP Phones and other devices • System automatically documents all incidents and corrective action for Joint Commission reporting Wi-Fi Pager Viewing Reporting E-mail Alerts Historical Reporting Pop-up Alerts Alerting
Case Study : University of Kentucky Med Center – Asset Tracking • Customer: • 473 Bed Acute Care Hospital • Regional Trauma Center • Campus-wide Wi-Fi covering majority of 1.2m sq.ft. campus • Problem: • Underutilization of assets resulted in over $400k in excess equipment rentals per year. • Recalls and PMs were problematic due to large campus size • Solution: • Over 2600 assets tagged with Ekahau Wi-Fi asset tags. • Equipment rental costs dropped from over $400k per year to under $40k per year. • Visibility into equipment use/status now provides basis for future capital spending • Recall and event reporting improved based on visibility into assets, their status and their use. • Expanding to patient tracking and work-flow capture
Case Study : University of Kentucky Med Center – Asset Tracking
Case Study : Infection Control • Customer: • XXX Bed Hospital in Europe • 800,000 sq.ft. facility with 95% Wi-Fi coverage • Problem: • HAI ( Hospital Acquired Infections) are believed to be a significant problem due to the inadequacy of hand washing. • HAIs are seen as occurring in 5-8% of patients resulting in approx $4k in increased costs per affected patient = possibly $12m per year ( 30k discharges) • Solution: • Ekahau T-301BD tags and Ekahau Location Beacons monitor and report hand washing events compared to patient interactions. • Remind care givers via gentle text reminders on staff badges to sanitize hands after each patient contact • A 5% reduction in HAIs due to proper hand sanitization pays for the RTLS system and more.
Case Study : Disaster Preparedness – Ekisaikai Hospital -Japan • Customer: • Nagoya Ekisaikai Hospital • Regional disaster preparedness emergency center ( Nagoya Japan ) • Problem: • During a major disaster, patient care can be compromised due to the chaotic nature of the situation. • Getting to the severely injured first is a top priority among potentially thousands of injured patients. • Solution: • Ekahau T-201 tags are assigned to arriving patients. The tags are categorized as : red , yellow, green based on the severity of the condition of the patient. • Staff can quickly find the “red” cases and provide care to patients based on priority. • Push-buttons on tags can be used as wireless nurse call to summon help.