Revitalising Healthcare Operations with Advanced Technologies

Germany's healthcare system: balancing quality with economic pressures

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In today's healthcare landscape, facilities across Germany are contending with complex challenges amid a backdrop where health spending constituted 11.5% of the country's GDP in 2017. With a significant portion of this investment (74%) being publicly funded^1,2 highlighting both the commitment to high-quality healthcare and the existing financial pressures​​.

The relentless push for enhanced efficiency within this financial context introduces more layers of complexity to the daily operations of healthcare providers.

Most prominent challenges are:

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• stringent cost constraints
• notable staffing shortages
• importance of data security
• operational model of case-based flat fees
• unwavering expectation of delivering superior patient care
• essential requirements for safety and hygiene
• increasing competitive pressure

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IoT-enabled localisation solutions help improve day-to-day workflows

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By integrating advanced IoT asset tracking, like pyliot's solution designed for indoor and outdoor environments, healthcare facilities can significantly enhance their operations. This technology aids in optimizing the use of assets, ensuring adherence to hygiene standards, and boosting overall operational efficiency.
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• ‍Streamlining Equipment Management: Locating essential medical tools like intensive-care- unit (ICU) ventilators, oxygen monitors, or defibrillators can be a time-consuming task. pyliot's solution helps by making the search for these vital assets more efficient and less reliant on manual efforts. Through the pyliot App, healthcare staff can quickly identify the whereabouts of needed equipment. Moreover, the system enables the creation of designated zones that trigger automatic alerts if specific equipment is not present.
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• Enhancing Patient Safety: pyliot's technology ensures patients remain within safe zones, alerting healthcare staff if individuals move into restricted areas or attempt to leave the premises without notice. This feature is particularly beneficial for monitoring patients or inhabitants with a tendency to wander, thereby preventing potential incidents.
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• Optimising Staff Workflow: By automating the tracking of assets and patients, pyliot's solution significantly reduces the time staff spend on such tasks, allowing them to focus more on direct patient care. This optimisation of workflows leads to improved operational efficiency, reduced response times in emergencies, and ultimately, higher quality of patient care.

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Tailored precision for your healthcare facility

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pyliot's IoT asset tracking solution stands out with three core characteristics designed to meet the diverse needs of healthcare facilities:

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• Flexible Architecture: pyliot's systems modularity allows for customised deployment based on the specific requirements of each facility. Whether there's a need for only hardware components, or a combination with other technologies like BLE, pyliot's solution offers flexibility. Data can be seamlessly integrated into the Pyliot app or even proprietary systems of the healthcare provider, ensuring that it aligns perfectly with existing IT systems.
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• Scalability: Recognising the importance of adaptability and testing in real-world settings, pyliot's solution is built to scale. Facilities can initiate the deployment on a small scale, such as a single department or area, to evaluate its effectiveness. Once the benefits are validated, the system can be expanded to cover more extensive parts of the facility or additional functionalities, ensuring that the solution grows in tandem with you.
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• Versatility in Tracking: pyliot's solution is uniquely capable of tracking both objects and people, offering hardware solutions for each use case. This dual capability enables the linking of medical equipment and devices ("objects") with the day-to-day processes of the hospital, creating a cohesive ecosystem that enhances operational efficiency, safety, and patient care. By combining these elements, healthcare facilities can achieve a holistic overview of their operations.

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By enabling precise indoor and outdoor asset tracking of mobile objects and individuals,
pyliot's system:

• improves quality management
• facilitates audits
• optimises equipment management
• streamlines inhabitants monitoring
• and simplifies maintenance tasks.
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Get in touch to see how real-time visibility can improve you healthcare operations.

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About pyliot

pyliot is an asset tracking solutions provider for logistics use-cases offering cutting-edge devices, platform and tailored services to streamline operations and enhance efficiency. The company offer solutions for verticals incl. General Transport, Pharma & Life Science, Food & Beverages and Healthcare. Based in Munich, Germany, the company is backed by iDTRONIC GmbH a renown RFID brand.

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References:

[1] The Commonwealth Fund (2020). International Health Care System Profiles (Germany). Available under:
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/countries/germany

[2] Association of Private Health Insurance Companies (2024). Zahlen und Fakten.
Available under: https://www.pkv.de/service/zahlen-und-fakten/; accessed March 14, 2024.