RTLS Automates Workflow for Enhanced Cancer Care

6/6/2024

2 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer this year¹—an increase from the year prior, despite increasing numbers in deferred cancer screenings.² Time is of the essence for these cancer patients. Every week that treatment is delayed, mortality rates increase.³

Yet efficiently running a cancer center to treat as many patients as possible, as they move from specialist to specialist, is a daunting task. Whether you are searching for colleagues or resources or completing manual documentation, these non-value-add tasks are creating inefficiencies in your oncology clinic, holding you back from not only increasing capacity but also providing a higher quality care experience.

Consider:

Patients wait alone in an exam room for an average of 12 minutes per visit,⁴ top of spending an additional 43 minutes in the exam room longer than intended.⁵

Meanwhile, infusion chairs are utilized only 18% of the time,⁶ and 31% of cancer centers premix chemotherapy medications, often leading to waste.⁷

From scheduling to chair utilization to staffing resources, oncology workflow inefficiencies, including non-value add tasks, are impacting cancer care outcomes and performance.

Download this guide, “Breaking Free from Inefficiencies Impacting Cancer Care,” to learn how a real-time locating system (RTLS) can automate workflow activities and help make patient-centric care the priority.

1 American Cancer Society.
2 NCI Cancer Fast Facts.
3 “Mortality due to cancer treatment delay: a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Medical Journal. November 2020.
4 “Reducing Wait Time in a High-volume Pediatric Neuro-oncology Clinic by Optimizing Process Flow: A Quality Improvement Project.” National Library of Medicine. June 2022.
5 “Measuring the Use of Examination Room Time in Oncology Clinics: A Novel Approach to Assessing Clinic Efficiency and Patient Flow.” National Library of Medicine. November 2014.
6 “How Does Your Infusion Center Measure Up?” Association of Community Cancer Centers. 2015.
7 “Evaluation of oncology infusion pharmacy practices: A nationwide survey.” National Library of Medicine. April 2019.