Idox and Blyott partnership tackles urgent asset tracking challenges

Idox, a leading provider of specialist software, is now working with Blyott, a pioneer in asset tracking technologies, to simplify and streamline asset tracking within a changing healthcare environment.

The NHS is increasingly pursuing a more joined-up care approach, placing greater emphasis on community-based care. Trusts and community organisations within ICS move assets around hospitals and out into the community – and many current tracking methods are ill-equipped to handle this.

Existing tracking arrangements can be restrictive, as Steven Bruce, Divisional Director of Assets at Idox, explains: “Without the optimal setup to allow for transparency of assets across a multifaceted healthcare space, there is an increased risk of equipment going without essential maintenance, falling off the radar for any length of time, or going missing entirely.”

By partnering with Blyott, Idox has found a way to offer flexible, use-case solutions to the healthcare sector – without pushing up the costs. Blyott’s extensive range of tracking sensors allows trusts to customise the use of technology to suit their needs: powered by long-life batteries, these sensors are an active, versatile, long-range alternative to the more limited passive setup. They typically feed into Wi-Fi APs with access to Bluetooth, meaning tracking can be achieved more cost effectively by leveraging existing network infrastructure and investment.

An exchange of knowledge and technology between the two organisations allows Idox to bypass a critical problem of inflexibility in the asset tracking arena. Their many healthcare clients can now benefit from more cost-effective tracking capabilities incorporating current network infrastructures and pre-existing tracking methods. These hybrid tracking systems monitor assets within hospital estates and across the community with pinpoint accuracy.