Asset Tracking

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Asset tracking is essential in any complex healthcare environment. Asset tracking enables Australian healthcare providers to better manage and optimise the use of their medical equipment. Currently, many providers are turning to asset tracking as a way of increasing efficiency and saving money.

The team at Health ID is highly experienced when it comes to supplying and setting up asset tracking systems In Australia, as well as providing “asset visibility” consulting services. In particular, we assist hospitals and aged care facilities to achieve greater visibility and utilisation of their assets.

Health ID partners with Zebra – a leader in data capture, printing and labelling solutions – to bring you the latest asset tracking technologies available in Australia. In 2020, research company Gartner identified Zebra as a “Leader” in its Magic Quadrant for Indoor Location Services - Global.

Benefits of an asset tracking solution

A quality asset tracking system provides Australian healthcare providers with several key benefits.

• Medical equipment can be located quickly – saving time and increasing efficiency.
• The risk of equipment being misplaced or misappropriated is reduced.
• Asset condition and age can be monitored – ensuring that maintenance and upgrade schedules aren’t neglected.
• Return on investment (ROI) can be monitored and improved.

Most asset tracking systems used in Australia are real-time location systems (RTLS) that utilise wireless technologies, such as Wi-Fi, RFID, Bluetooth and ultra-wideband (UWB).

What asset tracking solutions do we provide in Australia?

Our Asset Visibility Team (AVT) has the ability to design a wide range of asset tracking solutions in Australia. Many of our solutions involve the use of complementary technologies, such as barcodes, passive RFID, active RFID, NFC, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) sensors, ultra-wideband (UWB) and GPS.

Asset Visibility Consulting

Our Asset Visibility Team (AVT) can assist any healthcare organisation with the following:-

• Asset registration and re-registration.
• Asset identification and labelling (onsite).
• Asset audits.
• Asset data collection and provision (to all CMMS systems, including SAP, ServiceNow and GE Encompass/AssetPlus, etc).
• Standalone asset registers.

System Procurement

Health ID provides an end-to-end Zebra asset tracking solution in Australia – encompassing hardware, software and management tools.

Common asset tracking products we supply include:-

• Bluetooth beacons and bridges
• Wi-Fi access points
• RFID antennas
• RFID tags
• RFID readers (handheld and fixed)
• RFID printers and labels
• Cameras
• Gateway nodes
• Asset management software
• Mobile computers
• Mobile workstations and medical carts (Workstation on Wheels)

In addition to asset tracking solutions, Health ID also provides integrated proximity sensing solutions in Australia.

Which vendors do we partner with for asset tracking in Australia?

As a Zebra Healthcare Specialist in Australia, Health ID supplies and installs the full range of Zebra Motionworks RTLS solutions.

Some of the more popular Zebra products used in asset tracking include:-

• Zebra UWB Wand, Hub, Sensor, Vision Reader and Tag 
• Zebra WhereTag (battery-powered, active RFID tags)
• Zebra WhereLAN sensors (Ethernet and Wi-Fi connectivity)
• Zebra MB1000, MB2000, MB3000 and MB4000 series low-energy Bluetooth beacons
• Zebra MB5000 and MB6000 series Mobile IoT Bridges
• Zebra MC3330R RFID reader
• Zebra ZT400 and ZT600 series RFID printers
• Zebra AN510 RFID Antenna
• Zebra Motionworks Enterprise (management software)
• Tagnos software

To provide additional mobility, Health ID also supplies Ergotron and Capsa Healthcare mobile workstations (WoWs) and medical carts.

For more information on our Zebra asset tracking solutions in Australia, please call our experienced team on 07 3303 0219.