A UK start-up, FloKi Health has secured a contract with Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital to implement technology to provide staff the power to find, track and manage essential medical equipment.
The company has developed bluetooth tracking technology, including a mobile app and intelligent dashboard, that allows hospitals to track, maintain and manage medical devices from the ward.
FloKi said nurses can spend up to an hour per shift searching for medical equipment. However using the technology nurses can find tagged devices such as bladder scanners and ultrasounds, using an app installed on hospital devices. Devices are also marked for repair and maintenance, which is then picked up by the medical device team.
Fenwick Smith, Chief Executive of FloKi Health “It’s a pleasure to be working with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. FloKi’s technology solves a huge problem the NHS has dealt with for a long time. Now, staff are able to track, manage and maintain valuable medical devices across the three-storey hospital, freeing up valuable resource to maximise patient care.”
“We’re looking forward to rolling out the FloKi technology to other hospitals soon, bringing technology to the forefront of the Trusts’ evidence-based decision making.”
Veronica Gingell, general manager for estates and facilities at Northumbria Healthcare, added “We’re delighted to be working with FloKi Health to enable our staff to have quicker access to essential medical equipment, saving time previously spent searching for it. It also allows the medical device team to maintain compliance across the board, bringing valuable devices back into circulation.”
“As hospital management, we also have insight into the location, compliance and value of all medical devices – all at our fingertips. We can now make smart decisions on everything from procurement to recruitment. We’re looking forward to rolling out FloKi hospital-wide.”
