In this episode of The MedTalk Podcast, Olivia Friett the editor of Medical Plastics News, is joined by Adrian Jennings, chief product officer at Cognosos, to discuss how tracking equipment can save hospitals millions. In a recent episode of the MedTalk podcast titled “Tracking Hospital Equipment with AI Technology,” the discussion centered around the innovative […] The post Tracking hospital equipment with AI technology appeared first on COGNOSOS ..read more

The benefits of a real-time vehicle visibility solution are clear: seamless tracking, increased efficiency, ability to identify and address bottlenecks, and robust analytics. But once you’ve decided to move forward with Cognosos’ solution, what can you expect during the implementation? The process can vary, and implementing some systems can take more time than others, but Cognosos offers a streamlined and efficient implementation process to get you up and running as quickly as possible. Below, we explore the process step by step. Step 1: Pre-Implementation and Scoping No two vehicle yards are ..read more

The unfortunate reality is that medical workers – particularly nurses – are exposed so frequently to workplace violence that they often stop reporting it and accept these traumatic occurrences as part and parcel of working in healthcare. By embracing AI-driven solutions with robust software, hospitals can proactively address workplace violence, Adrian Jennings writes. Workplace violence has become so commonplace in healthcare settings that this sector experiences more non-fatal workplace violence than any other profession, including law enforcement. Seeing the negative effects of this violence ..read more

When hospitals compare RTLS options, there are many critical factors to consider. You should start with the most foundational questions: What problem are you trying to solve? What outcomes do you want to achieve? From there, key questions about installation (and related costs and disruption), implementation, and how actionable the system’s data is should be answered. Financial questions often quickly follow: What’s the solution’s installation and start-up cost? What’s the total cost of ownership? When can we expect to see an ROI with this RTLS? And while all of these questions need to be answe ..read more

Five years ago, even the most cutting-edge real time location system (RTLS) technology required hospitals to accept a trade-off. Hospitals could opt for a highly accurate RTLS, but the system would require heavy infrastructure, a lengthy installation, and a hefty price tag. Or hospitals could choose a less expensive system that ran on lighter infrastructure and a Wi-Fi network, but the RTLS would deliver less accurate, less actionable data. Real time location solutions built on these older technologies have largely failed to deliver the ROI that hospitals were promised when they signed their c ..read more

“Where’s the vehicle?” In any vehicle yard in the post-assembly finished vehicle supply chain, this is the question on which yard drivers and management have become fixated. Drivers focus on it so they can readily locate the right vehicle and take it to where it’s supposed to go next — a marshaling point for shipment to a dealer, or to accessorization, customization, or repair stations. Yard managers care about it because time spent hunting for misplaced vehicles saps yard productivity and even leads to incomplete shipments. Increasingly, vehicle yards are investing in location intelligence to ..read more

Download the case study   The Client Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (JHMC) is a 400+ bed hospital in Queens, N.Y. The hospital’s emergency department — a designated Level 1 Trauma Center — is the busiest in New York. JHMC primarily serves culturally diverse and densely populated areas in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. As of 2023, JHMC annually treats approximately 17,000 inpatients, 105,000 ED patients, and 352,000 ambulatory patients. As part of the MediSys Health Network, JHMC operates Flushing Hospital, the Jamaica Hospital Nursing Home, and a multi-specialty physician group wit ..read more

A nurse in the middle of a busy shift enters a room on a routine visit to take a patient’s vitals. She’s immediately confronted by the patient’s spouse, who’s irate about the medications the patient was given. The nurse uses the de-escalation measures she’s learned from the hospital-mandated training, but the patient’s spouse doesn’t calm down. She doesn’t know whether the incident will escalate, but she knows one thing: She doesn’t feel safe. These kinds of workplace violence incidents against nurses are on the rise, and hospitals are responding with new measures to protect their staff. Some ..read more

Healthcare workers have experienced a dramatic increase in workplace violence in recent years. In one survey, nearly 82% of nurses reported experiencing a violent event in the past year. This has the potential to exacerbate existing labor challenges, as 6 in 10 nurses say they’ve left or considered leaving their jobs due to these events. This month’s news roundup dives into the increased rates of workplace violence in healthcare as well as what states are doing to better protect healthcare workers. NNU Report Shows Increased Rates of Workplace Violence Experienced by Nurses Healthcare workers ..read more

Cognosos is addressing the significant challenges faced by U.S. hospitals, including the loss of millions of dollars due to stolen, lost, and misplaced equipment, and the high incidence of non-fatal workplace violence experienced by 40 percent of healthcare workers in the last two years. Their solution leverages real-time tracking technology and AI to ensure mobile medical equipment is readily available for nurses and clinical teams, thereby enhancing efficiency and eliminating the need for nurses to search for equipment. This technology not only facilitates better patient care but also addre ..read more