Internet of things or IoT becomes the focal point of modern day technology and becomes inevitable for every industry including the healthcare industry. The discreet beacons become a vital component of the IoT ecosystem, revolutionizing the way things have been done in the last few years. Read More at: https://www.spec-india.com/blog/tracking-every-pulse-beacon-app-development-becomes-nerve-healthcare/

1. Beacons Become the Nerve
of Healthcare

2. IoT Heralding Changes
• Internet of things or IoT becomes the focal
point of modern day technology and becomes
inevitable for every industry including the
healthcare industry
• The discreet beacons become a vital
component of the IoT ecosystem,
revolutionizing the way things have been done
in the last few years

3. Beacons Everywhere
Hitting the Bull’s Eye
with Beacons Based
Retargeting!!
1
Bringing Beacons to
Education Campuses –
The Best Thing Ever
2
The Big Rise of Smart
Retail with the Tiny
Beacons
3
Beacons in Enterprise
Mobility –
Revolutionizing &
Boosting Business
4
Retail Analytics with
the Tiny Beacons & Big
Data – Contrasting but
Complementing
5

4. Beacons in Healthcare

5. Interesting Statistics
Forbes cites a market research report that puts the healthcare industry IoT investments at about $110
billion plus by 2020
A review suggests that about 60% of healthcare institutes have introduced IoT empowered devices in
their facilities. The most common use of IoT is to setup monitoring for patients
Most respondents in the same review, about 80% are inclined to explore IoT as a means to drive
innovation in their line of business
Vodafone, has recently published a white paper depicting how IoT will allow people to align themselves to
their medical treatment schedules. The technology revolution driven by IoT will impact millions of
individuals and can possibly result in savings of hundreds of billions in the US every year

6. Benefits of Beacons in Healthcare

7. Beacons
Adding a
Layer of
Simplicity
• Beacons render a layer of simplicity to the complex IoT
ecosystem.
• Beacons are plain, low energy bluetooth devices or BLE,
communicating with smartphones & other devices
silently.
• This tiny wonder collects data from the real world and
fuses it into the virtual, only to be contended by a close
competitor Google Physical Web

8. Optimized Operations
Beacons push the
healthcare & hospital
operations when it
comes to automation,
innovation & improving
productivity
01
The level of integration
beacons have with IoT
allows operational
healthcare make a move
towards modernization
empowered with
technology
02
Beacons are also very
effective when it comes
to record retrieval, an
essential part of hospital
operations
03

9. Easy Navigation
Beacon app directs patients via
push notifications to the
designated waiting areas, or
provide them the status of their
appointments while waiting at the
center.
If the patient has already received
a prescription, beacons help guide
them to the in-house pharmacy
If the patient has been prescribed
a specific service like a X-ray or
MRI, beacons help direct to the
correct area. With the right app,
beacons are capable to serve as a
ready reference guide for patients
across the hospital.
Beacons also guide visitors to
specific departments thus
improving productivity and
optimizing the cost of signage or
published guides as well as
displayed maps of the institute

10. Digitized
Access Control
• Beacons also assist in setting up automation when it
comes to accesses
• Department managers can setup specific entry accesses
for designated doctors or healthcare staff
• At each access point, setting up bluetooth tags also
enable record or identity management & requisite
availability of data

11. Patient Tracking
The usage of beacon technology to track
patients within a hospital is obvious.
Beacons are integrated with apps that in
turn are synced to wearables such as wrist
bands or accessories.
01
Integrating beacons with wearables
enables two-way communication, it guides
patients as well as helps collect patient
data, specifically health vitals.
02
However, even outside of the hospital,
beacons are appropriately installed to
trigger app notifications in case of an
emergency, which places a call to the
nearest hospital transmitting patient
location data. This feature is of particular
use for elderly patients, or for those that
require constant supervision. In fact, the
most common & obvious use case of
Beacon & IoT combination in healthcare is
to deploy extensive patient monitoring.
03

12. Asset Tracking
Bluetooth tags setup around hospital buildings and near all asset
repositories ensure there is a regular check on each & every critical
possession in the hospital.
Considering the chaotic nature of healthcare operations, there is a
possibility for hospital assets or equipment to be inaccessible when really
required.
Hospital assets are also not free from the risk of theft, making beacon-
based asset tracking deployment important.

13. Analytics
Considering their outreach in varied
areas, beacons are exposed to a large
amount of data such as patient
movement, preferences, billing
frequency, visit behavior all along with
physiological data
1
Integrating beacons with analytics &
big data help the healthcare enterprise
or hospital with decision making
insights so very critical in this
competitive era
2

14. Improving Patient Experiences

15. Undoubtedly, Beacons and iBeacons are Grabbing Attention &
Enticing Patrons all across the domains and are all set to
improve the overall patient experience in the traditional
healthcare centers

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