Features

Key features of base module

• Planning of transports of patients and supplies
• Dispatching of transport requests to staff operating on foot as well as to vehicles (including multi-passenger rides)
• Complete history of all transport operations with the help of reporting tools
• Saving of master data for supporting automatic dispatching of transports (e.g. road network, travel times, vehicles and corresponding capacities, available equipment, etc.)
• Specification of various user profiles with different access rights, views and functions
• Manual dispatching of transport requests with the help of a web-based graphical user interface
• Various data communication modes for transport staff (PC over intranet, PDA over wireless LAN or mobile phone (DECT))
• Statistical reporting tools for monitoring purposes (number of completed transports, average travel delay, etc.)
• Cost-based accounting
• SOAP interface for on-line data transfer with HIS

Key features of optimization module

• Optimal dispatching of transport requests in real-time using efficient algorithms
• Consideration of specific hospital-related requirementsfor dispatching requests
• Individual prioritization of various optimization criteria:
• Optimization of resource usage (transport teams andmeans, hospital staff )
• Reduction of waiting times for patients
• Path optimization
• Avoidance of empty trips
• Strategic decision support (e.g. decrease of the vehiclefleet size)