GPS tracking in healthcare

Where are my key people?

Any organisation is keen on deploying its resources effectively and, in healthcare, waste directly translates into fewer people treated and, ultimately, lives lost. So whether it's knowing where your key people are so you can deploy them effectively, caring for those who may get lost or in harms way, or tracking the efficiency of your organisation to verify claims and improve your service, GPS tracking has a clear role.

An obvious place to start is community staff such as social workers, occupational therapists, community carers, physiotherapists, doctors on call and doing out-of-hours visits, emergency staff, home help and more. All those people are often vulnerable, attacks are commonplace, and they appreciate the security of the panic alarm button provided by KoolTrax™ Ranger that not only tells the office they need help, but crucially, provides their location.

When an emergency happens, it may be crucial to know where your key people are in order to choose who should respond.

For those services who don't want to be tracked, the software can be customised to allow tracking only when the alarm button is pressed. For critical areas of a hospital where mobile phones are not allowed to be used, the system can be set automatically to switch off.

For social services and local councils who provide care for elderly people, those with Alzheimers or Pick's disease often wander. Our KoolTrax™ Ranger was originally designed to be simple enough for exactly this type of user so carers can find wanderers before anything serious happens.

We are currently developing a service for blind people where a combination of a tracker and a 'control person' who can see the user's location and provide directions is promising to give back some freedom to go to new places.

For kids with ADD, Downs, autism and others who may be easily led, our trackers help keep them from going where the influencers are.

Pills are life for some people. Leaving those pills behind is a problem. We're developing a system that will raise an alert if the patient and pills become separated.

KoolTrax™ Ranger is straightforward and simple to use, while KoolTrax™ Mobile uses a top of the range PDA. Don't let that limit your imagination, though, as you can see from these examples, our trackers can often be adapted to provide a customised solution. Get in touch to explore how you could use GPS tracking to help you track what's important to your business.