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Published practices and assessment checklists on Selection guide.
Wheelchairs, infusion pumps and mobile devices often go missing inside a hospital. A summary of what hospital equipment tracking is used for, how UWB, BLE, RFID and Wi-Fi differ in accuracy, and what to check before deployment.
From July 2026, smart assistive devices in Taiwan's long-term care system moved to rental benefits capped at NT$60,000 every three years. A summary of how to apply, where wandering-prevention devices fit, and how facilities can pair them with a facility-grade positioning system.
Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital and Chung Cheng University's voice-based counting system, Taipei Veterans General Hospital's wearable-sensor counting, and per-needle physical identification each trade off differently in record source and verification. This article analyzes the three architectures from public cases and lists what clinics should check when choosing.
Compares common indoor positioning technologies by accuracy, deployment cost, power consumption and operations, and explains the selection considerations for long-term care settings.
A roundup of the two approach families for wandering prevention in long-term care facilities — personal GPS assistive devices and facility-grade positioning systems — with a selection checklist.
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