Imagine that you need to arrive at a certain part of a hospital at an exact time for an important appointment, but the hospital has a number of buildings and an extensive layout. It’s complicated. You’re getting nervous that you could miss your appointment. You panic, searching for your destination, frantically losing all the extra time you gave yourself. And now you’re late and face a long wait.

Luckily, adopting today’s modern technologies can make the above scenario a quaint story of the past. A location and navigation system can help a person calmly find their destination, reducing stress and ensuring on-time arrival. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) report on smart buildings says that 69% of hospitals have installed a building automation system, meaning they’ve taken their first step toward implementing smart technologies that can provide both cost savings and greater efficiency while improving well-being reducing stress among staff, patients, and visitors alike.

The tangible benefits are the easiest to measure. The ACEEE’s report estimates the average hospital can save 28% on HVAC energy, 20% on water heating, and 30% on lighting energy. But how can one measure the intangible ones? One example is the one above, where a digital navigation solution can help clients and patients find their way to the clinic simply and easily, reducing the amount of stress they experience while ensuring smooth operation of the facility.

This system can also be expanded to include hospital equipment: everything from gurneys, expensive electronic equipment, supplies, and even coffee machines can be tagged and tracked. This means staff can find the piece of equipment they need faster, which helps improve outcomes and reduces time lost to searching for necessary items.

Not only that, but the system collects data from the sensors, allowing hospital managers to optimise and streamline operations. Smart systems can also be used to streamline supply chains and deliveries, ensuring better logistics.

These are just some of the non-therapeutic uses for smart technologies in hospitals, but further opportunities can be seen at the Healthcare Estates Development Forum to be held on April 24 in London. One of the speakers at the vent will be Max Verteletskyi, CEO of Spaceti, which has developed and installed numerous smart wayfinding (including augmented reality) and smart office solutions for a broad range of clients. Max will participate in the Proptech in Healthcare Estates panel that will discuss the benefits of implementing IoT technologies in hospital buildings.

 

About Spaceti:

Spaceti develops technologies that revolutionize building and facility management using the Internet of Things. Our systems save people time finding their way within buildings, easily report any facility issues, or evacuate the premises safely. Spaceti was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Prague with a branch office in London.