Global medical device company, Arjo, has announced a joint partnership on a tracking system with Sony Mobile Communications.
The cloud-based system aims to improve efficiency and quality of care by reducing time spent on locating critical equipment in healthcare environments.
“The partnership with Sony Mobile is an important milestone in our digitalisation efforts to help our customers improve healthcare efficiency,” said Joacim Lindoff, president and CEO of Arjo. “With this state of the art technology from Sony Mobile, healthcare providers can focus their resources on ensuring the best possible care at a lower cost.”
According to a survey conducted by Nursing Times, more than one third of all nurses spend at least an hour during an average hospital shift searching for critical items or equipment. The new
tracking solution will help reduce this time by using a Real-Time Location System (RTLS), which enables localisation of healthcare facility assets. A research project conducted over two years at
one of Sweden’s largest university hospitals showed a 63% decrease of time spent searching for items or equipment when using the tracking solution.
”Healthcare is one of the new areas where Sony Mobile intends to simplify the everyday life of our customers," added Johan Svenér, VP, IoT Business Group Europe. We firmly believe that digital transformation is a key factor for making today’s healthcare both safer and more efficient. This new tracking solution is only one of many smart solutions to come, where we apply our design heritage and digital expertise to new markets and industries, connecting people, things and spaces.
"The partnership with Arjo is a typical example of how we want to team up with other market leaders to create user-centric smart solutions.”
Arjo together with Sony Mobile will start to implement the new tracking solution at hospitals in the US and the UK during the first half of 2018. The partnership covers the rights to market and sell this real-time tracking solution in selected markets, but both parties see a great potential for further cooperation. “We see this as a first step of our partnership with Sony Mobile and we look forward to expanding our cooperation into other areas of digitalisation. This would help our customers to improve workflows, which in turn improves clinical outcomes, caregiver safety and ultimately reduces cost of care.” concluded Joacim Lindoff.
