Cognosos Inc., a real-time location services (RTLS) provider, has introduced LocationAI, a highly accurate, machine learning-powered location engine, into its asset tracking platform for hospitals and health care facilities.
“Ushering in the next generation of RTLS, this cutting-edge technology achieves room-level accuracy, without disturbing clinical workflows with complex installation processes or the need to place hardware in patient rooms that are typical with other systems. Additionally, with Cognosos’ LocationAI technology, health care facilities benefit from a self-healing network that monitors and responds to environmental changes like construction or infrastructure adjustments, eliminating network decay and maintaining accuracy and reliability over time,” a news release states.
Cognosos’ LocationAI technology leverages powerful machine-learning algorithms that classify which room objects are in. In just the same way that an image-recognition algorithm can be trained to recognize specific images, so too can the LocationAI algorithm, enabling it to recognize when an asset is in Room 1 versus Room 2. More than this, LocationAI continuously updates its learned classifications, so it gets better over time.
“We’re excited to introduce the health care industry to a new era of RTLS technology,” said Adrian Jennings, chief product officer at Cognosos. “Cognosos leverages the advancements in cloud, AI and machine learning to redefine what should be expected from asset tracking solutions: room-level accuracy without room-level infrastructure. Our technology eliminates several shortcomings of previous generation RTLS solutions by drastically reducing the amount of hardware needed to achieve room-level accuracy and eliminating costly network decay. In turn, total cost of ownership and installation timelines are reduced, while ROI, accuracy and ease-of-use are maximized.”
According to Health Facilities Management’s 2021 Hospital Construction Survey, 87% of respondents had one non-temporary construction project planned. Though often overlooked, the impact of construction and changes to the infrastructure throughout a hospital can wreak havoc on RTLS networks causing loss of asset visibility and a substantial decline in accuracy. Cognosos’ LocationAI technology establishes intelligent and reliable location visibility that responds to physical changes to enable ongoing accuracy and uninterrupted support for mission-critical asset location applications, according to the release.
“The past two years have demonstrated how flexible health care facilities need to be,” continued Jennings. “The ability for a system to respond to environmental changes – and even give providers the means to create rooms and zones on the fly – is a powerful tool that enables greater responsiveness and agility, which ultimately supports a better patient experience.”
Cognosos’ patented approach to RTLS combines low energy Bluetooth with AI, and proprietary long-range wireless networking technology to achieve breakthroughs in cost, performance and accuracy, the release adds.
For more information, visit www.cognosos.com/hospitals.
