Asset Tracking for Hospitals is a critical component of a hospital's or medical institution's financial accountability. While the term "asset tracking" can refer to a financial management scenario, an additional reference involves tracking capital assets - those fixed or physical assets that play a part in the everyday goings on of any business. Tracking assets for hospitals,whether one considers this fixed asset tracking or physical asset tracking, involves not only monitoring and managing the fixed assets, but also tagging the fixed assets in some physical way.
In tracking assets for hospitals, tagging the items has to consider the environment in which those fixed assets are used. The simplest method is via barcode – barcode labels, barcode tags or barcode dots. RFID is another method by which to tag physical assets, but the cost of the RFID scanners is a bit more than that of a barcode scanner. In tracking assets for hospitals, not only must the physical assets be tagged, but the management data for the assets must be monitored and maintained. As fixed assets may be stationary or assigned to a particular location or facility, they also may be assigned to a group or individual. This information needs to be readily available when required to determine where any particular asset is at any particular time. Any report or group of reports regarding asset tracking for hospitals should be available on demand.
At GigaTrak Barcode Solutions, we offer off the shelf asset tracking barcode software - for hospitals or medical facilities - that is designed to provide for easy tracking of physical assets. GigaTrak’s ATS (Asset Tracking Software) is available in 3 versions: Basic, Professional and Enterprise. GigaTrak’s Enterprise version of ATS (Asset Tracking Software) includes a Member function. This Member feature allows for the monitoring and assignment of fixed assets, based on the ever changing patient and staff composition. As the hospital patient population is constantly shifting, our asset tracking software for hospitals allows new patients to added and previous patients to be removed, while maintaining a complete historical trail of asset assignment information.
GigaTrak Barcode Solutions – Call us @ 877-204-9237. We’re available M-F to discuss the particulars of asset tracking for hospitals with you. Our asset tracking software products are displayed on our website and available for review at your convenience: www.gigatrak.com