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Centre for Neuro Skills Uses Centric Consulting’s Internet of Things

Software to Improve Provider-to-Patient Ratios

BY CHRIS MARTINEZ including S3 for Storage, rooms at the CNS, featuring:
EC2 for compute, Dy - • Simple and intuitive web interface
The Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS), a namoDB and Aurora for that enables administrators to easily
leading provider of rehabilitation services databases. It utilizes a monitor the system
for patients with traumatic and acquired pub-sub model leveraging • The ability to record when staff enter
brain injuries, needed an efficient way to SQS and SNS. Its server- and exit the residential and management
monitor the frequency and duration of less design, utilizing AWS units, log Medicine Cabinet checks, and
provider visits. The goal: to optimize Lambda, gives the system monitor staff interaction times in the
provider-to-patient ratios and improve flexibility, scalability, and patient’s environment
overall patient care. efficiency. • An online dashboard of staff location
Because patients at the center reside in CNS staff members wear and data analytics to determine where
environments that require frequent, Bluetooth enabled ID clinicians and staff are providing the
hands-on interactions from providers, badges that interact with most significant impacts on patients
CNS needed technology that could pro- Chris Martinez David Harrington the beacons every time • A mechanism for monitoring battery
vide insight into patient and provider ible partner in this innovative endeavor. they enter and exit a life and network connectivity of badges
whereabouts to aid operational aware- Their highly collaborative approach, patient room. The beacons then transfer and sensors
ness and ensure compliance. excellent project management, and cre- this information to a secure, online dash- • Data to inform patient outcome and
Familiar with Centric Consulting’s ative solutions are differentiating factors board that allows administrators to track perform time studies
success implementing Internet of Things that make them exceptional,” said David the frequency of patient room visits • Layers of security for accessing infor-
(IoT) software to monitor patient care at Harrington, CNS President - Chief when the next patient room visit is mation and ensuring only authorized
other healthcare organizations, CNS Operating Officer. expected, and how much time is being personnel have the appropriate level of
sought our expertise to integrate similar spent by each staff member in a patient’s access
beacon technology into their own An IoT Approach environment. CNS is still in its pilot phase with the
processes. In a matter of weeks, Centric’s team This seamless, secure, and easy-to-use new BlueBeak beacon technology, and is
They partnered with us to form a effectively piloted their BlueBeak beacon digital platform enables administrators currently using the dashboard to compile
cross-functional team of clinician, technology in 12 different CNS rooms. to monitor supervisors, nurses and other data on patient and provider interactions
process and technology experts that These beacons are low-cost, wireless sen- clinical staff efficiently – without inter- that can inform enhancements to patient
would work together to integrate sors with unique IP addresses that are fering with their daily routines – and care and compliance.
Centric’s Bluetooth beacon technology mounted on the wall in each room and ensure patients are getting the right care
framework, BlueBeak, within their prac- communicate with Bluetooth-enabled when and for how long they need it.
tice. The team focused on delivering devices. They can detect accurate loca- For more information, contact Chris
innovative, delivery of care improve- tions of these devices using GPS, cell Bettering Patient Care, Martinez, Principal Architect and Technical
ments through ongoing clinician engage- phone triangulation, and WiFi proximity. with Beacons Evangelist at Centric Consulting, at
ment and rapid quality assurance testing. Leveraging the AWS Cloud, BlueBeak Centric has successfully established chris.martinez@centricconsulting.com or visit
"The Centric team has been an incred- BlueBeak technology in a dozen patient www.centricconsulting.com.
employs a number of AWS technologies

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