Fwrd Thinking
fwrd thinking is dedicated to creating easy-to-use, innovative solutions for hospitals that improve patient outcomes, manage healthier outcomes, and reduce healthcare costs. Their solutions focus on clinical efficiency, real-time location systems, and enhancing patient care through technology such as RTLS, hand hygiene monitoring, patient throughput, EMR integration, asset tracking, call light integration, and wayfinding. They collaborate with hospital partners like HCA to develop affordable and effective healthcare technology solutions.
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Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Fwrd Thinking
Products
Hospital RTLS platform
A location and workflow platform for hospitals that combines WiFi and Bluetooth sensing, wearable badges, real-time dashboards, and integrations for hand-hygiene monitoring, asset tracking, EMR, call-light systems and wayfinding.
Hospital RTLS platform
A location and workflow platform for hospitals that combines WiFi and Bluetooth sensing, wearable badges, real-time dashboards, and integrations for hand-hygiene monitoring, asset tracking, EMR, call-light systems and wayfinding.
Services
RTLS deployment and integration
Deployment of a WiFi/Bluetooth-based RTLS platform in hospital environments, including sensor and badge integration and system configuration.
Hand-hygiene compliance monitoring service
Badge-based monitoring, dispenser service alerts and compliance dashboards to measure and improve hand-hygiene adherence.
Patient flow / throughput integration
Integration of RTLS location feeds with OR/ED throughput software to provide real-time patient status, notifications and scheduling updates.
EMR integration and automated documentation
Automatic charting of staff, patient and equipment location and events into electronic medical records to reduce manual documentation burden.
Asset tracking and preventative maintenance support
Real-time equipment location services combined with tracking workflows to reduce unnecessary purchases and support maintenance planning.
Indoor wayfinding and mobile navigation
Smartphone-based indoor, turn-by-turn navigation with high-accuracy location and the ability to deliver location-based messages or surveys.
RTLS deployment and integration
Deployment of a WiFi/Bluetooth-based RTLS platform in hospital environments, including sensor and badge integration and system configuration.
Hand-hygiene compliance monitoring service
Badge-based monitoring, dispenser service alerts and compliance dashboards to measure and improve hand-hygiene adherence.
Patient flow / throughput integration
Integration of RTLS location feeds with OR/ED throughput software to provide real-time patient status, notifications and scheduling updates.
EMR integration and automated documentation
Automatic charting of staff, patient and equipment location and events into electronic medical records to reduce manual documentation burden.
Asset tracking and preventative maintenance support
Real-time equipment location services combined with tracking workflows to reduce unnecessary purchases and support maintenance planning.
Indoor wayfinding and mobile navigation
Smartphone-based indoor, turn-by-turn navigation with high-accuracy location and the ability to deliver location-based messages or surveys.
Expertise Areas
- Real-time location systems (RTLS) for healthcare
- Clinical workflow and throughput optimization
- Infection control monitoring
- Healthcare IT and EMR integration
Key Technologies
- Real-time location systems (RTLS)
- WiFi-based indoor positioning
- Bluetooth-based proximity sensing
- Badge and wearable sensor integration