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Daniel TubbsDaniel Tubbs

Francis DoligosaFrancis Doligosa

Brian EastonBrian Easton

Jason SadlerJason Sadler

Latricia Simon Latricia Simon

Joseph WilliamsJoseph Williams

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The STATag

Solutions for

Real-Time Equipment Tracking

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Problem

Hospitals need to reduce costs to increase profitability

– From 1997 to 2001, spending on hospital care increased by $83.6 Billion

– Hospital gross margins have declined annually every year since 1997

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Solution

The use of Real-Time Equipment Tracking (RTET) with STATags will:

Reduce man hours searching for needed equipment

Increase staff efficiency

Improve equipment utilization

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Market AnalysisOur target market is US hospitals:

Hospitals: 5,794

Total Registered Beds: 975,962

Estimated mobile medical equipment in US: Approximately 5 Million

Potential future market: International hospitals

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Market Analysis (continued)

Hospital equipment is very expensive and highly mobile

Equipment tracking is a large problem that causes:– Time consuming equipment searches– Unnecessary equipment purchases

Initial target price: < $20.00 per tag

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Objective

Create a Real-Time Equipment Tracking system that increases staff efficiency and allows hospitals to reduce operating costs

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STATag Cons

More expensive setup than RFID or Barcode

Requires periodic battery replacement and calibration

Accuracy degrades slowly over time

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STATag Pros

Less expensive than Real-Time Locating System

Eliminates labor intensive and error prone manual inventories

Instantly locates any tagged equipment

Detects tag removal, minimizing theft

Versatile report generation

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STATags will:

Use “Dead Reckoning” to determine current location

Use network security

Self-discover & self-configure network

Handle large quantities of equipment

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STATags will (continued):

Activate Alarms

Store historical location and usage data

Run without intervention for long periods– Battery lasts 5-7 years– Need calibration only when battery is changed

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STATags will not:

Prevent theft

Collect or transmit personally identifiable health information (covered under HIPAA)

Communicate further than 100 feet between STATags

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Individual STATagIndividual STATag

Microcontoller

802.15.4 Module

Flash RAM (1MB)

Usage Module(In use switch)

Gyroscopes(Angle Rate Sensors)

Tamper Detection Module(Tag Removed Switch)

Battery

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DB ServerNetwork Coordinator

User

Internal Webserver

Database

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Web Browser

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STATag NetworkSTATag Network

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Technical Issues

Component Selection– Size/Cost inverse relationship – Battery life and low power consuming

components– Balance between accuracy and cost

Simplify design

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Resource Issues

Need an electrical engineer for final design

Outsource manufacturing

In-house software development– Data collection/Database– Web based user Interface

Startup capital

Prototype testing

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Management Issues

This technology has great potential

Conducted interviews that represent:– Hospital staff and hospital management– Civilian and Naval hospitals– Technical project manager with NASA and

Lockheed Martin experience

Currently pursuing contacts with additional hospitals and Harris Communications

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Team DistributionTeam Distribution

ProjectLead

Daniel Tubbs

Manufacturing Director

Francis Doligosa

Research & Development

Latricia Simon

FinancialDirector

Brian Easton

Marketing & Web Development

Jason Sadler

PersonnelDirector

Joseph Williams

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Major Risks

Interference with hospital monitoring equipment

Conflicts with other 2.4 GHz networks

802.15.4 and ZigBee are new standards and therefore there maybe unknown issues

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ConclusionConclusion

Hospitals are doing more business, but Hospitals are doing more business, but making less profitmaking less profit

STATag use allows hospitals to lower STATag use allows hospitals to lower costs by:costs by:– Freeing staff to treat patients Freeing staff to treat patients – Minimizing unnecessary equipment purchasesMinimizing unnecessary equipment purchases

Hospitals need STATagsHospitals need STATags