Whether we want to admit it or not, healthcare has changed forever with the advent of COVID-19. While healthcare facilities adapted fairly well fairly quickly, many are still struggling to keep up and adapt. In fact, it will probably be a long and arduous road ahead. However, maximizing technology could be the key to ensuring your healthcare facility adapts and thrives in a post-COVID-19 world.

Symtech Solutions offers custom communication systems and life-safety devices to regional medical centers, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and local hospitals. We can handle anything from small system upgrades to large-scale updates. We’ve been on the cutting-edge of technology in the world of rapid response monitoring since 1982, and we don’t plan to stop anytime soon. Below, we’ll take a look at how technology will help in healthcare’s “new normal.” Contact us today to learn more!

HOW TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP IN HEALTHCARE’S “NEW NORMAL”

Infection Control & Contact Tracing with RTLS Technology

Controlling the spread of a highly-contagious disease like COVID-19 is top priority, as we’ve seen with all of the shutdowns in the world. That being said, when people are sick, they head to their nearest hospital or doctor’s office, where the disease can spread even more. Thus, systems need to be in place to help healthcare facilities track and monitor those who are sick and who they come in contact with.

Symtech Solutions offers contact tracing and infection control solutions leveraging technology. RTLS, or Real Time Locating Systems, is a powerful solution to stopping the spread of infectious diseases. RTLS uses wireless technology to pinpoint staff and patients’ exact location. By wearing a RTLS tag, the whereabouts of people can be tracked. This allows us to see who has come into contact with someone who has the disease quickly. We then can contact that person, make them aware of the situation, and then ask them to self-quarantine. This information is available instantaneously, virtually stopping the spread of infectious diseases in its tracks. This is powerful technology available to you.

Emergency Nurse Call Deployment Kits

Nurse call systems are systems designed to improve patient care. Patients simply push a button and the nursing station is notified that they need assistance. A qualified nurse then can check in on the patient and attend to their needs. These systems use buttons, pagers, phones, and screens that work seamlessly together. However, in an emergency situation where hospitals or other healthcare facilities are overrun with patients, there is not time to install a nurse call system, nor is there the space. Enter emergency nurse call deployment kits.

These emergency nurse call deployment kits are ready for use right out of the box. The system uses a touchscreen server, pendants for residents, and pagers for staff. This system is designed to be deployed immediately and with no infrastructure available, such as in emergency tents. They are simple to use and extremely intuitive. Oftentimes with a large number of patients, this is the patient’s main communication with their healthcare providers. And it is a life-saver.

RTLS Locate Biomed Equipment

RTLS can be used for more than just locating staff, patients, and those who have been exposed to a deadly virus. RTLS can also be used to locate critical biomed equipment when it is needed the most.

In a large healthcare facility, equipment often goes missing, either it’s misplaced, it’s being hoarded by a department or a team member, or it is stolen. When a pandemic strikes, you need all hands on deck, which includes all available equipment. Knowing where these machines are located at all times is crucial to ensuring your patients are getting the best possible care. You could track medical and biomed equipment the old fashioned way — by hoofing it. Or, you could invest in RTLS technology by Symtech Solutions and be able to find your medical equipment immediately.

Using RTLS to track your equipment also cuts down on theft, which can cost healthcare facilities thousands of dollars each year. This impacts the bottom line so much that patient care can be impacted as well. After all, there are only so many dollars to go around.

CHOOSE SYMTECH SOLUTIONS FOR ALL OF YOUR RAPID RESPONSE MONITORING EQUIPMENT TODAY

Symtech Solutions has been providing area healthcare facilities with the best rapid response monitoring equipment since 1982. Our team is an industry leader in telecommunication systems and life safety communication systems. We offer many services in addition to those listed above, including digital whiteboards, temperature sensing kiosks, wander management, infant security, public address systems, and so much more. Our mission is to ensure your healthcare facility has customized communication systems to improve processes, cut down on provider burnout, and improve patient care.

All of our systems are designed with the overarching goal of keeping patients and providers safe. We do this through our digital whiteboards, which help improve communication between patient providers during shift change. Our wander management system uses RFID (radio frequency identification) technology to monitor the location of residents in long-term care facilities and sound an alarm if one leaves the safe perimeter. Infant security uses this same technology to sound an alarm if a baby is taken from the hospital, which works wonders to ward off kidnapping attempts. Symtech Solutions aims to be your go-to choice for rapid response monitoring services.

Symtech Solutions also offers EarlyResponse, which is a centralized code and reporting management system that integrates various manufacturers’ equipment into a centralized reporting system. We believe that information is powerful, and by analyzing your data, you can improve patient care, whether that’s seeing how long it takes to respond to a nurse call or analyzing your equipment tracking reports. All of our systems are able to be fully integrated, thereby multiplying the amount of data you will receive. This data paints a big picture that can help your healthcare facility thrive using technology in this “new normal” world.

Symtech Solutions offers free webinars so that you can see our amazing systems in action. Visit us online to learn more and to sign up today!